亞特蘭大8死槍擊案鎖定種族？亞裔群星發聲「#StopAsianHate」
美國時間周二在喬治亞州亞特蘭大接連發生三起槍擊案，造成八人喪命，其中六名死者為亞裔女性。案發後，警方逮捕了 21 歲的嫌疑犯羅伯特亞倫朗恩（Robert Aaron Long），隨後這名白人男子自稱有性癮，因抗拒不了才犯案。
儘管警方在調查後，表示兇手沒有鎖定「亞裔」下手的動機，但許多亞裔美國人早已人心惶惶，這不僅僅是因為此次的槍擊事件所致，而早在新冠肺炎疫情爆發後，在美國的亞裔族群就時常遭受異樣眼光，更被暴力相向。
根據「停止仇恨亞裔和太平洋島居民」（STOP AAPI HATE）組織的調查數據顯示，在 2020 年 3 月 19 日至 2021 年 2 月 28 日期間，至少發生了 3795 起鎖定亞裔族群進行攻擊的案件，而在今年僅過了兩個月就有超過 500 起的事件發生。
不少演藝圈明星在槍擊案發生後，紛紛在社群媒體上呼籲大眾停止對亞裔族群的仇恨，其中參演《艾蜜莉在巴黎》的韓裔女星艾希莉朴（Ashley Park ）就發布一段長達近六分鐘的影片，泛淚地述說亞裔民眾遭受到的無情對待。
此外，鍾潔咪（Jamie Chung）、奧利薇亞穆恩（Olivia Munn）、明蒂卡琳（Mindy Kaling）、金大賢（Daniel Dae Kim）等人也紛紛發聲，表達他們身為亞裔族群的不安，並標上 #StopAsianHate 的標籤呼籲大眾正視這個問題。
a scapegoat for a global pandemic. Historically Asian immigrants have been the scapegoat for others misfortunes. This ends now. It starts by calling it what it is. MEDIA YOU NEED TO DO BETTER, CALL IT WHAT IT IS, DOMESTIC TERRORISM HATE CRIMES AGAINST ASIANS. #stopasianhate
— Jamie Chung (@jamiechung1) March 17, 2021
The violent attacks and murders against Asians are still happening.
Please help us.
We need help to be safe in our country.#StopAsianHate. Please. pic.twitter.com/NJ3knm1hlo— o l i v i a (@oliviamunn) March 17, 2021
The targeting of our Asian brothers and sisters is sickening, but not surprising given the normalizing of anti-Asian hate speech in the past year. We have to #StopAsianHate, enough is enough!
— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) March 17, 2021
The race of the person committing the crime matters less than the simple fact that if you act with hate in your heart, you are part of the problem. And to those with the power to help and yet sit idly by, your silence is complicity. #StopAsianHate https://t.co/0QaLoXhtP0
— Daniel Dae Kim (@danieldaekim) March 17, 2021
而以《愛的過去進行式》系列電影收獲高人氣的女星拉娜康多（Lana Condor）則發文，描述亞裔族群的恐懼、憤怒之情，希望外界能夠與他們站在同一陣線。
Wake up… your Asian friends and family are deeply scared, horrified, sick to their stomachs and wildly angry. Please please please check in on us, please please please stand with us. Please. Your Asian friend needs you, even if they aren’t publicly grieving on social media. x
— Lana Condor (@lanacondor) March 17, 2021
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