Orientalist Anti-Asian America | The Bayat Beat [023]

Last year we saw almost 3,800 cases of anti-Asian hate crimes in the United States. Racist, xenophobic and orientalist language like "China virus" and "Kung Flu" by national leadership has exacerbated hate crimes towards Asian Americans. With the recent mass shooting at Asian owned spa centers, killing 8 people, we discuss why and how it was racially motivated. We dive deep into involuntary celibate alt-right beliefs and orientalist attitudes in colonial imperialist cultures. How does racism start in a society? Why does the dominant group so easily dehumanize minority groups? Is capitalism a factor in creating racism? All that and more on this very relevant episode of The Bayat Beat!