CNN: East Asian student assaulted in 'racist' coronavirus attack in London

[Cicada 5]

A 23-year-old Singapore man of Chinese ethnicity who was studying in London has spoken out about racism linked to the coronavirus after suffering facial injuries in a "racially aggravated assault."

Jonathan Mok wrote about his ordeal in a public post on Facebook Monday, detailing how he was attacked by a group of people on Oxford Street, a busy shopping area in the center of the British capital, at about 9.15 p.m. local time (4.15 p.m. ET) on February 24.

The attack comes at a time of increasing xenophobia against people of East Asian appearance in the UK and around the world.

Mok's case is one of a number of incidents that have occurred in the UK during the global coronavirus outbreak, and hate crime awareness group Stop Hate UK recently raised concerns.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/03/uk/coronavirus-assault-student-london-scli-intl-gbr/index.html

This is heartbreaking.

 

[Combustion Kevin]

Guys!
Just because it originated in China don't mean that people of Chinese descent CAUSE the virus with their presense!

 

[Kwak]

Why did you put racist in air quotes?

 

[Cicada 5]

Why did you put racist in air quotes?

It's how it was written in the article's title. I do point it out that is how CNN was putting it in the thread title.

 

[Kwak]

Oh okay, didn't catch that.
And yes, terrible.
And beyond stupid, if they actually think the person is infectious - so their solution is to get their sweat and blood over themselves in the course of assaulting them? Genius. Their passing shall not be mourned.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

Oh okay, didn't catch that.
And yes, terrible.
And beyond stupid, if they actually think the person is infectious - so their solution is to get their sweat and blood over themselves in the course of assaulting them? Genius. Their passing shall not be mourned.

Yeah, prevent the virus from spreading by TOUCHING the infected with your fist, possibly getting your fist wet by his infected blood and sweet.

 

[CaitSeith]

Imbeciles. A bunch of brain-dead bullies full of pitiful anger and misery.

 

[Agema]

Imbeciles. A bunch of brain-dead bullies full of pitiful anger and misery.

Or in short, racists.

 

[Terminal Blue]

And beyond stupid, if they actually think the person is infectious - so their solution is to get their sweat and blood over themselves in the course of assaulting them? Genius. Their passing shall not be mourned.

They don't think the person is infectious.

The UK is just not a very nice place right now.

 

[McElroy]

Imbeciles. A bunch of brain-dead bullies full of pitiful anger and misery.

Or in short, racists.

On the bright side we've got plenty of funny memes. World economy might suffer but the meme economy always rises.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Imbeciles. A bunch of brain-dead bullies full of pitiful anger and misery.

Or in short, racists.

On the bright side we've got plenty of funny memes. World economy might suffer but the meme economy always rises.

IIRC, British satire and comic writing really took off as a response to the authoritarian leaders of the 80s. Which is something of a silver lining, but I'd say rather a minor one.

 

[BrawlMan]

These attacks or plain discrimination are happening in the US & AUS too. It's shameful and beyond petty. Some of these assholes are just looking for excuses to be cruel to others that did nothing to them. To my fellows blacks in the US/UK; congragu-fucking-lations! You're doing the work of Trump supporters, corrupt cops, Klansmen, Hitler, and the Neo-Nazi's proud. Now you're no different them.

 

[Saint of M]

Simalar things are happening acost the pond. A spike in firearm sales amongst Adian Americans because of this