On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, Atlanta witnessed a terrible event in which a gunman opened fire at three different spas in the neighboring community of Acworth, Georgia. This mirrors a troubling parallel across the U.S. since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with misinformed individuals targeting individuals of Asian descent in both conscious and unconscious retaliation for an otherwise global pandemic that is none of their fault.
Our prayers and thoughts are with the victims’ families and the entire Asian American community.
