17:10:07 Hello everyone, my name is Krystal Webb, and today on my podcast, I will be talking about racism against Asian and Asian Americans.
17:10:17 Firstly I would like to say that everything that has been happening with people being openly racist and violence towards Asian and Asian Americans is such a disgusting thing and I do not agree with it at all.
17:10:32 There has been a lot of racism towards Asian and Asian American people, for so many years.
17:10:39 When Asians first started coming to America to start a new life for themselves and their families.
17:10:46 It was not always easy for them when they got jobs, they were constantly being underpaid for their hard work, or even passed up jobs because of their race.
17:10:58 People took advantage of them often for their desperation to make it in a new country.
17:11:04 We talked about loan sharks in the weeks for reading the leavers by Lisa Ko, and several Asian people fell victim of a loan shark.
17:11:18 The racism towards Asians and Asian Americans have been deeply rooted in American history for so long, but over the last maybe year and a half or so. It has been more public and more common to hear about almost no one is unfamiliar with the topic of
17:11:38 the corona virus at this point. This virus has taken the lives of millions. It has changed how everyone around the world lives their lives now.
17:11:47 It has also put a lot of hate and anger and so many people’s hearts.
17:11:52 And so many people take it out on Asian and Asian American people.
17:11:58 The former president of the United States, Donald Trump played a huge role and the blame game, and using Asian and Asian American people as escape goat, in my opinion.
17:12:10 If you are unfamiliar with a term of scape goat. Google dictionaries describe it as a person who is blamed for the wrong doings mistakes or faults of others, especially with up for reasons of expediency.
17:12:27 Donald Trump on so many occasions, refer to a virus as quote Kung Fu.
17:12:38 And, quote unquote, China virus.
17:12:40 He also bragged about how many other names he could come up with it, while his maskless fans and supporters cheered him on behind him at rallies.
17:12:51 Firstly Donald Trump saying something like this is not surprising at all. He is, constantly saying things that are races xenophobic homophobic, and also sexist. by Donald Trump saying things like kung fu and China virus.
17:13:08 He has put a huge target on all Asian and Asian Americans backs.
17:13:16 With him having so much power and being a political figure.
17:13:22 He has by the things he has done and said he has made America, a safe place for so many people to be openly racist and violence towards others.
17:13:51 He is 100% wrong for saying that and using them as scapegoats since last year in 2020 hate crimes against Asian and Asian American people and America has risen 150%, according to article written by Kimmy Yang, which can be found on the NBC news website.
17:13:58 This number is so high, but it hurts my heart thinking about how so many people being attacked.
17:14:04 And it makes me wonder how many attacks are not going public or being
17:14:13 being heard of, How many people are being quiet about their attacks.
17:14:19 The attack that I will be discussing in my podcast today is the attack on the 65 year old Asian woman who was racially and violently attacked on Monday March 29 2021 at about 11:40 a m.
17:14:36 While this woman was walking in Manhattan, she was on her way to church. When 38 year old Brandon Elliot, who is out on parole on life parole violently attacked her.
17:14:49 He kicked her to the ground said that she did not belong here called her Asian and use profound language after while she was on the ground, he continued to stop on her head, several times before walking away, leaving her helpless on the ground.
17:15:08 While watching this video I did not think I could get any more upset.
17:15:13 There was a couple people inside the hotel that where the attack happened in front of near ended, while watching the entire video.
17:15:25 The people did absolutely nothing. Near the end of the video.
17:15:31 There was a man who walked to the front of the door and close the doors to the hotel, his action said that he was not going to help this defensless woman, and that he was not going to get involved.
17:15:45 Brandon Ellie is now in police custody, but this is not the first time he had trouble with the police. He has been in jail for the murder of his own mother for the past two decades.
17:15:59 This video is very hard for me to watch for several different reasons.
17:16:04 from people watching an elderly woman being beat and not helping to watching Brandon stomp on her head constantly.
17:16:17 Brandon was Brandon Elliott was a black man and I believe that is a very important thing to notice in this video.
17:16:23 I believe that is important because I say this as.
17:16:28 So, I believe, almost every black person in this world has faced some sort of racial harassment or being treated wrong because of their race, including myself, at some point of their life.
17:16:43 I don”t believe that Brandon Elliot was an exception. And I”m sure that he has faced some toward some type of racism and the part of his life as a minority who has been as he being a minority who has been discriminated against.
17:17:01 I do not understand and cannot comprehend why he will go over and turn around and treat a minority, just as bad when he understands the pain and the part racism plays on a person”s life.
17:17:20 No human should have to fear for their lives, or, or, or experiences type of racism or violence. It is so bad that so many Asian and Asian American people in this world.
17:17:35 In America, do not feel safe leaving their homes to go grocery shopping just to walk around the neighborhood, or do their simple errands.
17:17:47 racism cannot be ignored any longer.
17:17:49 It needs to be talked about between everyone. I even believe that children need to be talked to about racism, so that they can understand and learn that it is not okay to treat people differently based on their skin.
17:18:05 They need to understand quality and to love one another.
17:18:10 If racism is continued to be ignored.
17:18:13 Then the next generations are going to continue be racist and things are not going to get better.
17:18:22 It should not be one race against the world, or one race against another.
17:18:29 We are all humans at the end of the day, who determine who determines which race is better than the other.
17:18:38 And who determined who is allowed in this country, and who does not no race is better than the other and we need to do better protecting the ones who are being discriminated against and racially harassed.
17:18:54 We need to educate people more. This virus is absolutely not one person”s fault or group of peoples fall.
17:19:17 And this world needs to understand that more.
17:19:06 Yes, we are all upset that our lives have changed and that so many people died from the virus, and it”s okay to be upset.
17:19:15 What is not okay, is to blame innocent people and take matters into our own hands.
17:19:25 I, as a part time teacher am constantly praying that the students I have grow up to love each other, and that they can make a difference in the world for the better, and that they can see people for who they are and not what they look like.
17:19:43 We need the people in political power to do better and holding people accountable, and not having any tolerance between any type of racism
17:19:58 is hard for me to understand why so many people have this route at hate towards people because they are different. And as a minority, I am constantly wondering how things can change.
17:20:14 Being Asian is not a Virus but being Racist is a virus. Thank You.
Sources
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/anti-asian-hate-crimes-increased-nearly-150-2020-mostly-n-n1260264