A Year of Anti-Asian Violence
These kinds of attacks are not new.

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Episode Notes
In the year since the pandemic began, the number of attacks against Asian Americans has skyrocketed. The most recent wave of assaults left a number of victims injured and one man dead. Many Asian American activists say the attacks reflect a pattern of violence “as old as America itself.”
Guest: Kim Tran, an anti-oppression consultant and author of the forthcoming book The End of Allyship: A New Era of Solidarity.
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