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Join us as we explore the social injustices in our criminal justice system. The perfect blend of true crime stories, wrongful convictions, social justice issues and trending topics, potentially innocent convicts, and punishments that do not fit the crime. Get involved in our casual story telling and conversations and weigh in with your opinions before the gavel drops! Was justice served? Help us bring awareness and reform to these hard hitting subjects.
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Wednesday May 19, 2021
Wednesday May 19, 2021
People of Asian descent have been living in the United States for more than 160 years and have since been a target of bigotry. To understand the surge in Asian American hate we need to look at the violence and racism Asian immigrants and Asian Americans have faced since the Civil War. Join us as we look at the historical events that have been at the core of anti-Asian sentiment in the United States.
Sources
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/03/18/history-anti-asian-violence-racism/
- https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/whites-massacre-chinese-in-wyoming-territory
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots#Ethnic_tensions
- https://time.com/5938482/asian-american-attacks/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/nyregion/asian-hate-crimes.html
- https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/a-history-of-anti-asian-hate-in-the-united-states
- https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/coronavirus-fears-show-how-model-minority-asian- americans-become-yellow-ncna1151671
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