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*** 13-Apr-22 World View -- Brooklyn subway shooter may have been targeting Asians
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Brooklyn subway shooter may have been targeting Asians
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Frank R. James, 62, person of interest in Brooklyn subway shooting (NYPD News)
Early on Tuesday morning, during rush-hour at a Brooklyn subway
station, a man in a construction vest carrying a backpack reached into
his backpack and donned a gas mask, then reached into his backpack and
set off an explosive smoke canister, and then pulled out a gun and
shot at least 16 people. All the injured people are recovering. The
suspected shooter, Frank R. James, is the subject of a manhunt.
The incident took place in the Sunset Park neighborhood, predominantly
home to Asian and Hispanic communities.
The suspect, Frank R. James, is a 62 year old black man.
The police have said that the motive is unknown, but the fact that the
perpetrator is black and the target is an Asian neighborhood, means
that this act of violence fits an increasingly familiar pattern --
black men targeting Asians, especially Asian women. Asian women have
been attacked by blacks, whites and Hispanics, but the majority have
been by blacks, according to a report by the National Institutes of
Health.
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**** Analysis by NIH of black hate crimes against Asian American women
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In March of last year, there was a mass shooting of Asian
women in Atlanta. The shooter was white, but it gave rise
to questions about what was going on.
I wrote an article on the subject,
based on a posting in January by the National Institutes of Health,
which used data from the Department of Justice to "examine the nature
and characteristics of hate crimes against Asian Americans." The
report compared hate crimes against Asian Americans, African
Americans, and Hispanics.
The following is an edited version of what I wrote in that article.
The most important finding of the report is that perpetrators of hate
crimes against Asians are most likely to be blacks, for economic
reasons. This is something that's been known anecdotally for a long
time, but the NIH report confirms it. It's also clear that the
writers of the NIH report don't want you to easily find this result,
probably for fear that if they expose the truth, they'll get fired or
canceled.
You have to go far into the report to find the results (search for
"Table 3" or "Findings of this study, however, also provide support to
the minority-specific model"), but the findings are clear:
So now we return to Frank R. James, the 62 year old black "person of
interest" in Tuesday's Brooklyn subway shooting. James is still at
large, so we still can't be sure that he was actually the shooter, we
still can't be sure whether he had help, and we still can't be sure
what his motive was. We can imagine that James has built up 62 years
of hatred and resentment against the American system, and against
Asian Americans in particular, as suggested by the NIH report, but we
may not know for sure for many days or weeks.
All we can say at this time is that we see a familiar pattern, which
becomes worse every month, identified by the National Institutes of
Health, of Asian American women being victims of hate crimes by
blacks, and that problem still has to be recognized and solved,
whether or not Frank R. James is Tuesday's shooter.
Sources:
Related articles:
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Brooklyn, Sunset Park,
Asian-Americans, Frank R. James,
National Institutes of Health, Department of Justice
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Brooklyn subway shooter may have been targeting Asians
- Analysis by NIH of black hate crimes against Asian American women
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**** Brooklyn subway shooter may have been targeting Asians
****
Frank R. James, 62, person of interest in Brooklyn subway shooting (NYPD News)
Early on Tuesday morning, during rush-hour at a Brooklyn subway
station, a man in a construction vest carrying a backpack reached into
his backpack and donned a gas mask, then reached into his backpack and
set off an explosive smoke canister, and then pulled out a gun and
shot at least 16 people. All the injured people are recovering. The
suspected shooter, Frank R. James, is the subject of a manhunt.
The incident took place in the Sunset Park neighborhood, predominantly
home to Asian and Hispanic communities.
The suspect, Frank R. James, is a 62 year old black man.
The police have said that the motive is unknown, but the fact that the
perpetrator is black and the target is an Asian neighborhood, means
that this act of violence fits an increasingly familiar pattern --
black men targeting Asians, especially Asian women. Asian women have
been attacked by blacks, whites and Hispanics, but the majority have
been by blacks, according to a report by the National Institutes of
Health.
****
**** Analysis by NIH of black hate crimes against Asian American women
****
In March of last year, there was a mass shooting of Asian
women in Atlanta. The shooter was white, but it gave rise
to questions about what was going on.
I wrote an article on the subject,
based on a posting in January by the National Institutes of Health,
which used data from the Department of Justice to "examine the nature
and characteristics of hate crimes against Asian Americans." The
report compared hate crimes against Asian Americans, African
Americans, and Hispanics.
The following is an edited version of what I wrote in that article.
The most important finding of the report is that perpetrators of hate
crimes against Asians are most likely to be blacks, for economic
reasons. This is something that's been known anecdotally for a long
time, but the NIH report confirms it. It's also clear that the
writers of the NIH report don't want you to easily find this result,
probably for fear that if they expose the truth, they'll get fired or
canceled.
You have to go far into the report to find the results (search for
"Table 3" or "Findings of this study, however, also provide support to
the minority-specific model"), but the findings are clear:
- Hate crimes against Asians are overwhelmingly done by blacks.
"Hate crimes against Asian Americans are more likely than hate crimes
against either African Americans or Hispanics to be committed by
non-White offenders."
- Blacks may be motivated by their resentment of the success of
Asians.
"This finding may be attributed to animosity toward the “model
minority” from other minority groups. As aforementioned, the “model
minority” stereotype assuming Asian Americans’ success in economics,
education, and other opportunities generates potential competition or
threats by members of other racial groups, which in turn may lead to
resentment to be further acted upon through hate crimes."
- Blacks may be motivated by fears that they'll lose their special
privileges and financial welfare and other benefits because Asians
will get the same benefits during downturns.
"Offenders of other minorities of color targeting Asian Americans
might fit the category of “reactionists." ... Instead of acting
impulsively, the “reactionists” are motivated by protecting their
resources from competitors.... This finding might also lend indirect
support to the perspective of racial competition motivating hate
crimes, which argues that when members of a racial group perceive that
their access and privileges to material resources are threatened by
other racial groups during economic downturns, racial conflict and
hate crimes may occur."
So now we return to Frank R. James, the 62 year old black "person of
interest" in Tuesday's Brooklyn subway shooting. James is still at
large, so we still can't be sure that he was actually the shooter, we
still can't be sure whether he had help, and we still can't be sure
what his motive was. We can imagine that James has built up 62 years
of hatred and resentment against the American system, and against
Asian Americans in particular, as suggested by the NIH report, but we
may not know for sure for many days or weeks.
All we can say at this time is that we see a familiar pattern, which
becomes worse every month, identified by the National Institutes of
Health, of Asian American women being victims of hate crimes by
blacks, and that problem still has to be recognized and solved,
whether or not Frank R. James is Tuesday's shooter.
Sources:
- Hate Crimes against Asian Americans (NIH, 7-Jan-2021)
- NYPD locates van sought in Brooklyn subway shooting (AP, 12-Apr-2022)
- Investigators identify suspect of Brooklyn subway shooting after finding a credit card at the scene (CNN, 12-Apr-2022)
- Frank R. James, Brooklyn Suspect: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know (Heavy.com, 12-Apr-2022)
- Attacks on Asian American women are igniting a conversation about public safety (CNN, 15-Mar-2022)
- There were 3,800 anti-Asian racist incidents, mostly against women, in past year (NBC News, 17-Mar-2021)
- Asians: Stop blaming Whitey (Michelle Malkin, 10-Mar-2021)
Related articles:
- Attacks on Asian-Pacific people in the United States (01-Jun-2021)
- CNBC's Jim Cramer: Hostility to China grows in America (27-Apr-2020)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Brooklyn, Sunset Park,
Asian-Americans, Frank R. James,
National Institutes of Health, Department of Justice
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