Posted on Apr 1, 2021
Margaret Cho says anti-Asian violence has roots beyond Donald Trump
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Margaret Cho says anti-Asian racism has roots beyond Donald Trump, with the former president’s rhetoric being “a symptom of the greater problem”.
“I love to Donald-Trump-bash and blame him for any reason I can, but the fact is that his casual racism is more a symptom of the greater problem than the cause of this,” Cho told the publication.
The comedian spoke toThe Guardian to mark the launch of the second season of her podcast, The Margaret Cho. This season, titled The Margaret Cho: Mortal Minority, will focus on “historical crimes that laid the groundwork for this recent onslaught of violence”, such as the 1871 massacre of 19 Chinese residents in Los Angeles.
She added: “It’s about the repetitive nature of hate crimes and how they’re not new, even if they seem new, because they’re presented as shocking and new by the news.”
“I love to Donald-Trump-bash and blame him for any reason I can, but the fact is that his casual racism is more a symptom of the greater problem than the cause of this,” Cho told the publication.
The comedian spoke toThe Guardian to mark the launch of the second season of her podcast, The Margaret Cho. This season, titled The Margaret Cho: Mortal Minority, will focus on “historical crimes that laid the groundwork for this recent onslaught of violence”, such as the 1871 massacre of 19 Chinese residents in Los Angeles.
She added: “It’s about the repetitive nature of hate crimes and how they’re not new, even if they seem new, because they’re presented as shocking and new by the news.”
Margaret Cho says anti-Asian violence has roots beyond Donald Trump
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Since I have been blocked by Col. Brown I can't explain to her how ignorant her statement is. The cause of racism is not the inability to differentiate between sub cultures, it is hatred, and while Trump didn't start that racism, he certainly stoked it among his witless supporters and made it publicly acceptable to act out.
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He isn't the cause. What is, would be putting quotas on Asian Americans, treating them as a "block" as if they were all the same,
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