Violence against Asian Americans and why 'hate crime' should be used carefully

The popular narrative is that these crimes are due to Americans still thinking that Asian people caused the pandemic. It's even become a bit of international propaganda against the US. There's likely some truth to it. But also, the US has a broken mental health system, and our cities are overrun with people who may not be capable of understanding the consequences of their actions, so it's hard to prove or disprove. I will say that Trump calling it the "China flu" probably helped radicalize those who are incapable of knowing better.