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If you are unwilling to provide pertinent details about a problem, you are less likely to solve it. In the videos of the attacks I have seen, the assailants have been black. The article does not mention that. White racism is recognized as a problem by the media when it manifests itself. The same should be true of black racism.

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They very subtly suggest it here: "In the wake of the attacks several Oakland city council members including Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas, whose district includes Chinatown, have joined social justice groups warning against scapegoating and calling for solidarity between Asian American and African American communities."

What I find more interesting though is this passage: "It's not clear, however, that race or ethnicity played any role in the attack. "There is no evidence of motive related to hate," says the DA's spokesperson, Rachel Marshall, adding "the case is still under investigation.""

“ Yahya Muslim, 28, was charged with assault, battery and elder abuse. He has not been charged with hate crimes. Muslim already had two prior felony assault convictions, according to the Alameda County Sheriff and district attorney offices.”

I have no idea what this guy’s ethnicity was, but the fact he was not charged with a hate crime completely undermines the argument of the posted article

Also the suspect names give it away:

Antoine Watson

Yahya Muslim

But there’s no reason to think that blacks in particular have a problem with Asians. I’m guessing 99% of us figured this was an income-level (class) thing at first glance but they didn’t mention their income levels either.

>I’m guessing 99% of us figured this was an income-level (class) thing at first glance but they didn’t mention their income levels either.

They did mention where they found the suspect:

>A tactical unit served the warrant and arrested Watson and Goo at a home on the 500 block of Lisbon Street in Daly City around 8:45 p.m. Saturday.

Zillow reports that block as having million dollar homes.

I see that my comment was flagged. I am logging out and leaving the forum for a while.

Wasn’t me. Flagging doesn’t indicate that you were empirically wrong, just that someone isn’t willing to engage you in a fair fight (or that you did something illegal lol)

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