concerning the asian fear of backlash due to the virginia tech incident:

personally, i think there are racist people everywhere, and those who are racist will use this incident as just another excuse to be the way they are. and it is within our nature to build walls (see previous post). so, in short, i think generally people who are similar to the perpetrator will often fear for backlashes, while those who are dissimilar from the perpetrator may find a reason to be angry or even fear that they will want to find an illegitimate reason to be angry.
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