An Hour After the News By Maddi Chun Maddi Chun (she/her) is a mixed Korean-American college student from Medford, Oregon. She is currently studying journalism at Emerson College. When not busy, Maddi enjoys wearing Birkenstocks in inappropriate weather, consuming boba, and asking her friends to get her a ginger ale. She is very excited to get to work with and uplift fellow Asian women.
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ur hearts go out to those affected by the violence against the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community. By demonstrating anti-racism, we can protect each other from hateful attitudes and actions that go against our values, and make Tinder a safe space for all. We take intolerance seriously. If you experience racism, we want to know about it.”
and games, as we have no plans of stopping our work anytime soon. The reality of our fight became too clear when I got a Boston Globe notification
“When police and other officials refuse to report to journalists the race, gender, and business names in a crime, they put people at risk. “
This is what I saw today when I opened up my Tinder account for the first time in weeks. With a title of “Stop Asian Hate.” I sent it to my friends at Overachiever Magazine. We shared a laugh about how Tinder had just single-handedly solved racism and hate crimes towards Asians. Our job in the fight was done! Obviously this was all fun
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on my phone while watching The Bachelor: After the Final Rose ceremony with my dear friend. The notification read, “Seven killed in Atlanta-area shooting.” I
clicked on it because seven is a large number (the number that has now been reported as 8). I didn’t know this one click would spin my night into shambles. Eight people were shot and murdered at three seperate massage parlors. Gold Spa and ST Jame Asian Spa are across the street from each other in Atlanta, while Young’s Asian Massage is in Acworth, a northern suburb of Atlanta. What do all of these massage parlors have in common? They are Asian spas. The second comment that popped up with a google search of Gold Spa read, “Good atmosphere with Korean girls giving proper massage,” by a white man named Michael Allen. Now I cannot help but imagine that every girl working there is not Korean. How-
