The fact that this is happening in one of the most liberal Canadian cities makes me think that this wave of hate crimes isn't mainly due to Trump or to any sort of Asian-Black tensions, but is just a sort of self-sustaining meme. Which is pretty terrifying...
My working hypothesis is that this meme was kicked off by a general worldwide surge of negative opinion toward China (probably over COVID), of which Trump's rhetoric was just one manifestation. And after attacks on Asians started being reported on, copycats swarmed. 
What I've learned about bullies is that they go after A) soft targets they think won't fight back, B) "approved" targets that they think society won't punish them for attacking, and C) the targets other bullies are going after.
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