Atlanta shooting felt in Hyde Park's Asian community

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Atlanta shooting felt in Hyde Park's Asian community by Hyde Park Herald

In posts to social media written in response to the murders, Aiko Kojima Hibino, a member of Bret Harte's Local School Council, emphasized that they were not just crimes against Asians, but Asian women in particular.


"As an Asian woman myself, I refuse any nonsense that the perpetrator and his enablers are disseminating," she wrote. "I pray for victims of this unforgivable tragedy."

Over email, Hibino said that, while May is officially Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month, she hopes people will consider simply using "Asians."

"There are many Asians living in this country, especially in Hyde Park, who are not naturalized in the U.S.," she said. "Most of Asian countries, as well as the U.S., do not recognize dual citizenships, therefore, unless you acquired your U.S. citizenship by nature, becoming an American citizen involves extremely tough decisions for Asian immigrants.

"As students or as legal or undocumented aliens, Asians are members of this society. I really hope to push this conversation from about nationalism to about humanism."