Celebrities React to Georgia Shootings: #StopAsianHate
Eight lives were lost in a senseless shooting in Georgia on Tuesday night (March 16) with at least six of the victims being identified as Asian women. The shootings took place across Atlanta-area massage parlors.
The suspect, 21-year-old suspect Robert Aaron Long, is in police custody. There has not been a motive released at this time, however, there has been a rise in hate crimes against the Asian community in the United States. The hashtag, #StopAsianHate, has been going viral to help bring awareness to these repeated tragedies.
Celebrities are taking to social media to react to this devastating mass shooting.
Our continued thoughts are with all those impacted by this senseless act of violence. Stop Asian hate.
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
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My condolences goes out to the families of all the victims and the entire Asian community tonight on what transpired in Atlanta at the Aromatherapy Spa. Coward a** young man!! Just senseless and tragic!! 🙏🏾❤️👑
— LeBron James (@KingJames) 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
Call a hate crime what it is.
And GOP leaders, stop fanning violence with anti-Asian rhetoric.
You should be ashamed at what you have unleashed.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 17, 2021
Targeted, hunted down, 8 murdered. We do not feel safe. #StopAsianHate
— Jamie Chung (@jamiechung1) March 17, 2021
the white hot rage i feel right now
this piece of shit white terrorist targeted Asian women in Atlanta
not surprised they captured him alive
placing bets now on the manifesto to come out justifying this fuckery
— Jenny Yang (@jennyyangtv) March 17, 2021