November 4, 2022
NEW YORK CITY—Asian refugees have been dealing with African-American aggression and violence for decades. From the Vietnamese, Cambodians, Laotians to Karens, and South Asians. The story is the same. The 18-year-old Karen refugee stabbed multiple times in the back and hands by a 17-year-old African-American student earlier this week only reminds us of the ongoing dangers.
Ying Ma’s 2011 book, “Chinese Girl in the Ghetto,” is the perfect example of what life was like for an Asian immigrant settling in Oakland, California in the early 1980s. It didn’t involve holding hands and singing Kumbaya with the African-American community.
Ongoing Attacks Against Asian Refugees in the U.S. - Asian Dawn (asian-dawn.com)
