During the start of the George Floyd protest actions, for many days several immigrant owned, mostly Asian owned business were vandalized, looted and even burned down completely.
This occurence is almost a given when people's emotions overflow after a high profile police brutality event takes place.
Easy Target?
We have seen this during the King riots, the Ferguson riots and again this latest round of riots.
And as usual, nobody protects the Asians, who are all innocent victims in all this.
It is alright because, they normally wouldn't complain or because they are insignificant?
Acceptable Collateral Damage?
Among the victims is 81 year old Iranian immigrant Ned Harounian who owns a shoe store which has been totally ransacked and damaged.
Mr. Harounian standing in front of his shoe store, trashed and ransacked
Video of a Looting
I invite anyone to watch the video below of a shoe store being looted and one of the perpetuators being interviewed. (Warning video contains profanity)
If you could say that this is acceptable. Then, I want to ask you, what has the store owner have to do with all the outrage? And why does the owner, the store's employees and their families have to suffer the consequences?
People are calling for justice, yet there is no one is talking about this injustice being done to Asians for many years.
Invisible Americans, yet always the easy target -- neglected and bullied by everyone of all colors for generations.
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