Responding to Netizen's Comment

Netizens Comment: The Miss Universe Organization has 3 Queens of Asian descent. Miss Universe Harnaaz Sandhu is Indian, Miss USA R'Bonney Gabriel is of Fil-Am, and Miss Teen USA Faron Medhi is of Indian descent. Asians ruled this year and I just hope this will pave the way and they campaign more to stop Asian hate.

Viewpoint and Mindset Response: 

I like that. I just hope the three will have a concerted effort in making their advocacies intertwined focusing on Asian hate crimes.

But before they place the horse before the cart, they should ask themselves ... was there really a hate crime? Or do those Asian victims just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time?

Indeed the attacks on Asian Americans are alarming and something needs to be done. However, ask yourself how many attacks are really racially motivated. In my understanding to be legally classified as a hate crime, the offender should explicitly verbalize they are doing the act of violence and are committing this crime because they are hostile to that group. (Like Asians are stupid ... go back to your country) A case in point is the attack in Seattle where a man declares "Asians should be put in their place" after giving an Asian woman a slugfest.

But reports show in recent case studies there was no such declaration whatsoever. Indeed there is a spew of these attacks for reasons criminologists are still trying to understand. One theory was that Asian Americans became victims of murder and assault without being specifically targeted.

One friend postulated and hypothesize Asian Americans are often stereotyped as docile and shy which makes them attractive targets for mugging or attack. This racial bias and stereotypes can still make Asian Americans vulnerable even if explicit hatred is not the reason they are being targeted.

Another friend theorized that Asian hate is somewhat linked or connected to some racist reaction to Covid as former President Trump ridiculed it as a "CHINA virus".