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Vancouver Is the Anti-Asian Hate Crime Capital of North America

27 points by ilamont 6y ago

nobodyandproud 6y ago
Why is this downvoted? It’s quite relevant to the times.
bluefirebrand 6y ago
The wording of this title reads really weird to me. Anti-Asian Hate Crime reads like "Being against Hate Crimes perpetuated against Asians" not "Hate Crimes perpetuated against Asians". Mostly because "Asian Hate Crime" to me reads as "Hate Crimes perpetuated against Asians" and not "Hate Crimes perpetuated by Asians" Anyways, this isn't too surprising to me. Vancouver has it's fair share of shitty humans like any other place, and like the article mentions, a lot of Asians live there. If you're the kind of asshole who wants to hate on asians for whatever reason, Vancouver would provide ample opportunity to do so. I'm not sure it indicates a rise in anti-asian sentiment among the non-asshole population of Vancouver though.
- nobodyandproud 6y ago
  Does it matter? Aren’t emboldened assholes just as much a problem? In NYC, a significant portion of the anti-asian perps are African American. The more liberal papers tried hide the details (names, never pictures or demographics) until it became too obvious. Even now, every excuse under the sun is being offered; like somehow, it’s okay or understandable that one minority is attacking another. In speaking with friends, the kicker is that this was always there; just very subdued (micro aggressions) until now. It’s unreal.
- polishdude20 6y ago
  I think a big part of this has been the skyrocketing cost of housing here. There is a lot of foreign investment in the real estate market and a lot of houses are just sitting empty. Give the people someone to blame when they can't afford to live here and you get hate. It's funny because you can't blame the investors for doing this. They have money and they want to make more. Everybody does. These people committing these hate crimes can't connect the dots one step further and realize it's our government who sold out.
  - bluefirebrand 6y ago
    That's another thing I'm not sold on this article about. It's trying to connect this with Covid but really the animosity against Asians (Chinese in particular) has been brewing in Vancouver for like twenty years thanks to real estate speculation being largely blamed on Chinese investors.
    - polishdude20 6y ago
      Yeah among the younger crowd there's actually more of a respect towards Asians because many of them here started wearing masks very early into the pandemic when our government was saying they weren't useful.
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27 points by ilamont 6y ago

Why is this downvoted? It’s quite relevant to the times.

The wording of this title reads really weird to me. Anti-Asian Hate Crime reads like "Being against Hate Crimes perpetuated against Asians" not "Hate Crimes perpetuated against Asians". Mostly because "Asian Hate Crime" to me reads as "Hate Crimes perpetuated against Asians" and not "Hate Crimes perpetuated by Asians" Anyways, this isn't too surprising to me. Vancouver has it's fair share of shitty humans like any other place, and like the article mentions, a lot of Asians live there. If you're the kind of asshole who wants to hate on asians for whatever reason, Vancouver would provide ample opportunity to do so. I'm not sure it indicates a rise in anti-asian sentiment among the non-asshole population of Vancouver though.

nobodyandproud 6y ago
Does it matter? Aren’t emboldened assholes just as much a problem? In NYC, a significant portion of the anti-asian perps are African American. The more liberal papers tried hide the details (names, never pictures or demographics) until it became too obvious. Even now, every excuse under the sun is being offered; like somehow, it’s okay or understandable that one minority is attacking another. In speaking with friends, the kicker is that this was always there; just very subdued (micro aggressions) until now. It’s unreal.
polishdude20 6y ago
I think a big part of this has been the skyrocketing cost of housing here. There is a lot of foreign investment in the real estate market and a lot of houses are just sitting empty. Give the people someone to blame when they can't afford to live here and you get hate. It's funny because you can't blame the investors for doing this. They have money and they want to make more. Everybody does. These people committing these hate crimes can't connect the dots one step further and realize it's our government who sold out.
- bluefirebrand 6y ago
  That's another thing I'm not sold on this article about. It's trying to connect this with Covid but really the animosity against Asians (Chinese in particular) has been brewing in Vancouver for like twenty years thanks to real estate speculation being largely blamed on Chinese investors.
  - polishdude20 6y ago
    Yeah among the younger crowd there's actually more of a respect towards Asians because many of them here started wearing masks very early into the pandemic when our government was saying they weren't useful.

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