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12 Feb, 8 tweets, 3 min read
A fatal attack on an 84-year-old Thai man in SF. A violent attack of an 91-year-old man in Oakland’s Chinatown. Another one, targeting a man at a San Leandro bank. Graffiti outside of a Chinese school in SF.

That, and more, is just in the span of 2 weeks.
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In recent weeks, a string of violence and anti-Asian sentiment has reached a breaking point.

It's disproportionately targeted vulnerable Asian seniors in the Bay Area.
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The issue has also been pushed into the national spotlight as celebrities have spoken out against the attacks.

Daniel Dae Kim and Daniel Wu offered $25,000 for info leading to the arrest of the Oakland man who assaulted the 91-year-old man in Chinatown.
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It paints a daunting portrait of life for elderly Asian Americans and Asian immigrants, who are already experiencing heightened levels of duress and solitude as the pandemic rages on.

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That isolation and fear are taking a drastic mental and physical toll, too.

Dr. XinQi Dong, a Rutgers physician, told SFGATE that racist discrimination can worsen depression, isolation and suicidal ideation for elders.
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Anti-Asian sentiment took on a virulent tone when the pandemic began in 2020.

Experts say inflammatory language, including officials referring to COVID-19 as the "China” virus, incited an increase in physical and psychological harm against Asians.
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Dale Minami, an attorney who was pivotal in overturning the Supreme Court ruling against Fred Korematsu, a Japanese American who refused internment during WWII, points out that Asian Americans have been made easy targets of racist attacks for centuries.
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"The pattern is not new but it is now more virulent, frequent and dangerous, incited by the inflammatory and racist rhetoric of President Trump and his cronies spewed into [tweets] and the news," Minami said.
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