Yet activists say the attacks fit a pattern of racism and misogyny directed at Asian American women, as well as a broader trend of hate-fueled gun violence. Using data collected in the National Crime Victimization Survey, Ambler’s organization has found that 10,000 hate crimes involving guns occur in the United States each year. “This isn’t tolerable any more.”Georgia has some of the country’s loosest gun laws. But stricter gun laws can prevent future racially motivated shootings, said Vanderbilt University sociologist Jonathan Metzl, whose book “Dying of Whiteness” examines the intersection of White supremacy and gun violence. Across the country, people protested anti-Asian violence after a shooting in Atlanta on March 16 killed eight people, including six Asian women.

Source: Washington Post March 20, 2021 13:07 UTC