“I am an Asian American woman but I am not as weak, timid, or quiet as society has made me out to be,” Michelle Tran, the co-founder of Soar Over Hate, says. Meet some of the women who attended a recent self-defense class held by the organization.
of six women of Asian descent at three spas in Atlanta, Georgia. In the time since, instances of Asian Americans being murdered, punched, kicked, spit on, and verbally assaulted have soared across the country, especially in cities with sizable Asian populations. In New York, a hundred and thirty-one bias incidents against Asians were recorded by the police in 2021, up from twenty-eight in 2020 and three in 2019. So far, this year has been no better.
Last week, when Soar Over Hate held an event to distribute pepper spray and personal alarms to Asian women in Chinatown, the line stretched more than three blocks. “You can either sit and watch the news or come out and create something that helps others heal,” Tran said.
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