'Late Night' writer Karen Chee gives powerful speech on the Atlanta shootings #rwanda #RwOT

This week, shootings in Atlanta, U.S., killed eight people, six of whom were identified as Asian women, four of whom were of Korean descent. 

Karen Chee, a writer on Late Night with Seth Meyers, delivered a powerful monologue on the media and police's refusal to use the appropriate language to describe this act of domestic terrorism. 

"Most outlets have failed to call it what it is: a hate crime. Because it is a hate crime," said Chee. "The shooter — a racist, a misogynist, and a coward — specifically targeted working class Asian women. He went after people in one of the most vulnerable intersections of our community."  Read more...

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