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AndyinPA wrote: ↑Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:40 pm What in the hell is wrong with people?

RVInit wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:37 pm I looked at a map of the city of Atlanta and did a search of massage parlors and spas. It seems unbelievable that he just happened to target Asian owned businesses and drove past lots of targets in between his first and second stop. IMO he was targeting Asian women and a couple of non Asian citizens got in the way and also were killed.

keith wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:37 pm
I don't know how many of them offer 'extras', but there are occasional busts by local council compliance officers. Since prostitution is legal (in Victoria at least) there is no real reason to operate illegally.

Lani wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 3:19 am Unfortunately for masseuses, they too often are assaulted. The two I know say they have to be careful about customers/clients and set up their offices so they can't become trapped.

Maybe the terminology needs to change from massage parlor to massage therapy clinic?

Wondering if there’s something anti-racist you can do? Learn how to pronounce Asian names

Multiple studies have found that mispronouncing the names of students not only impacts their confidence and emotional well-being but harms their ability to learn. Additionally, a 2012 study titled “Teachers, Please Learn Our Names!: Racial Microaggressions and the K-12 Classrooms” found that mispronouncing the names of students of color constituted a racial microaggression because it created shame and disassociation from one’s culture.

I am far from alone in this experience, and the recent incidents sparking outrage in the Asian American community are witness to this. From individuals refusing to pronounce Vice President Kamala Harris’ name correctly to people not acknowledging the names of those who have been impacted by the increasing violence against Asian Americans, the fight for equality never ends.

If we want to support the Asian American community, the first thing we must do is learn how to address its members properly. Learning to pronounce a person's name correctly is not just a common courtesy—it’s an important effort in creating an inclusive environment.

The first step to learning how to pronounce someone’s name is asking and actively listening.

I still am surprised when people say my name and ask if they said it correctly. These little actions make such a difference. Here’s an example of what you can say: “It’s important for me to pronounce your name correctly. Can you say it for me phonetically, please?” Simple questions like this not only show that you respect someone’s identity but that you are genuinely interested in learning how to pronounce their name correctly.

Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:17 pm https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/3 ... heir-names

Wondering if there’s something anti-racist you can do? Learn how to pronounce Asian names

Learn how to pronounce Asian names

Foggy wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 8:03 am

Learn how to pronounce Asian names

When we ran the flower shop, one time a Vietnamese family had us do a funeral arrangement with a 5" wide ribbon banner with a lot of names on it. The lady patiently spelled out each name to me on the phone, whereupon I repeated them back to her, pronouncing each name correctly. She was flabbergasted, but I told her, I used to live in Orange County, CA.

I learned a long time ago that if you learn to pronounce people's names correctly, you've done a good thing.

Scott Sapulpa filed suit in Oklahoma district court on Thursday against Gannett, The Oklahoman and USA Today; reporter Cameron Jourdan; reporter Nuria Martinez-Keel; high school announcer Matt Rowan; NFHS Network LLC; and CBS Sports Inc. The suit “seeks compensation for damages for defamation … negligence, gross negligence, malicious wrong,” and other claims.

The situation began March 11 during the broadcast of a girls’ high school basketball tournament, which Rowan’s company was contracted to stream. During the national anthem of one of the games, members of one of the girls’ teams took a knee. One of the broadcasters — apparently unaware that he was still live — is heard to say, “They’re kneeling?… I hope they lose … hell, no,” and the N-word, among other profanities.

The clip was posted to social media the next day.

In reporting on the breaking story, The Oklahoman initially named Sapulpa as the person who went on the racist tirade against the kneeling athletes. That ID was picked up by other outlets, including CBS. The Oklahoman later removed his name from the story. Their correction reads, “The Oklahoman in an earlier version of this story identified an individual as the person who made the racist comments, based on official sources who were familiar with the incident. That information was incorrect.”

As hate crimes targeting Asian Americans increase in the United States, snowboarder Chloe Kim, a first-generation Korean American and the reigning Olympic halfpipe gold medalist, told ESPN that recent attacks and hateful social media messages have taken a toll on her mental health.

On Wednesday night, Kim posted a screenshot of a message she had received in her Instagram direct messages a few moments earlier. "You dumb Asian b----," it read. "Kiss my ass." In the Instagram story post, Kim added, "I get hundreds of these messages and it breaks my heart that people think this type of behavior is okay." Now 20, Kim explained that she has received similar messages since she won her first medal at X Games Aspen at age 13. "I feel really helpless and afraid at times," she wrote. "I'm really struggling."



The social media abuse began when Kim was 13, after she won her first medal, a silver in the halfpipe, at the 2014 X Games in Aspen, Colorado. After the contest, she posted a photo of her medal on Instagram, where she already had hundreds of thousands of followers. She became emotional describing what happened next.

"People belittled my accomplishment because I was Asian," Kim said. "There were messages in my DMs telling me to go back to China and to stop taking medals away from the white American girls on the team. I was so proud of my accomplishment, but instead I was sobbing in bed next to my mom, asking her, 'Why are people being so mean because I'm Asian?'"