Verschillende Hollywoodfiguren met Aziatische roots hebben gereageerd op een reeks schietpartijen in de Amerikaanse staat Georgia, waarbij acht doden vielen. Het merendeel van de slachtoffers zijn vrouwen met Aziatische roots.

Sinds het begin van de coronacrisis is in de VS het aantal hate crimes tegen Aziatisch-Amerikanen toegenomen, omdat ze volgens sommigen verantwoordelijk zijn voor de pandemie.

“De gewelddadige aanvallen en moorden op Aziaten houden niet op,” tweet actrice Olivia Munn (X-Men: Apocalypse, The Predator), die zich eerder al tegen de hate crimes uitsprak. “We hebben hulp nodig om ons veilig te voelen in ons land.”

Bekijk nog meer reacties van onder meer The Farewell-regisseuse Lulu Wang en Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings-acteur Simu Liu hieronder:

https://twitter.com/oliviamunn/status/1372046611157643264

I know these women. The ones working themselves to the bone to send their kids to school, to send money back home. In too much pain to know what else to say so I’ll just leave this here. https://t.co/Dz7wKkbADy

— Lulu Wang (@thumbelulu) March 17, 2021

Feeling overwhelming grief at the senseless murder of 8 people in Atlanta. Still much we don't know, but it's clear to me that the shooter specifically targeted Asian women.

Praying for the victims' families, and for my Asian sisters. Action to follow.https://t.co/DjMcG0sBbv

— Simu Liu (@SimuLiu) March 17, 2021

https://twitter.com/danieldaekim/status/1372058495781064706?s=20

https://twitter.com/mindykaling/status/1372044703831449600

Call a hate crime what it is.

And GOP leaders, stop fanning violence with anti-Asian rhetoric.

You should be ashamed at what you have unleashed.

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 17, 2021

After 9/11, Sikhs were targeted and murdered because of their skin color and garb.

After COVID-19, Asians are murdered and targeted because of their skin color and look.

When the uneducated and uninformed need a target for their misplaced anger, they will find it without fail.

— Jimmy Wong (@jfwong) March 17, 2021

Bron: THR