So it's been over a week since I wrote about escalating anti-Asian violence and shared some safety tips. Since then 62-year-old grandmother Gui Ying Ma passed away from her injuries after briefly waking from her coma. Mrs. Ma was out sweeping her property on Thanksgiving last year when a homeless man struck her in the back of the head with a rock so viciously that after she fell over he picked up the rock and hit her again. The man who was apprehended faces three felony charges, including a charge of assault with intent to disfigure and dismember and a charge of assault with intent to seriously injure someone with a weapon. This is still being investigated as a hate crime even though one of his previous victims was also Asian. On the Sunday before last, a man went around on a rampage attacking seven different, Asian women, all unprovoked, in the span of 2 hours. The victims who were punched in the face, elbowed and pushed, suffered minor injuries. The man was caught and charged with seven counts each of assault as a hate crime and aggravated harassment. Of course people are already coming out to question if his crimes were racially motivated and voicing concern about his mental health. What about the mental health of the victims? I'm just really worn out and coupled with world news and the premature relaxing of pandemic safety measures, I'm feeling an uneasy sense of uncertainty about a future that seems quite terrifying. All I can do is to continue being an advocate and I will keep my own personal pandemic safety measures for as long as I feel I need them.CONTINUE READING ≫
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