Protesters rally in Atlanta to
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A 'Stop Asian Hate' March and rally was being held in Atlanta, Georgia Saturday to support the AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) community after a gunman waged a deadly assault at two area massage businesses.
Democratic senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff spoke at the rally in the Georgia capital to denounce the scourge of racism against Asian Americans.
The shooting that occurred Tuesday at three Georgia massage businesses, where the employees were mostly of Asian descent, has prompted Asian American women to openly share stories of being sexually harassed or demeaned.
They say dealing with men who cling to a perpetual narrative that Asian women are exotic and submissive is a frequent occurrence they're forced to tolerate.
While the suspect, a 21-year-old white man, hasn't been charged with hate crimes, advocates and scholars say race is an inherent component in Tuesday's killings in the Atlanta area that points to a larger discussion on the deep history of fetishizing Asian women.
Robert Aaron Long, 21, is charged with killing four women at the Atlanta spas and four other people inside a massage business about 30 miles (50 kilometers) away in Cherokee County.
Long, who is white, told investigators the attacks were not racially motivated and claimed to have a sex addiction, which caused him to lash out at what he saw as sources of temptation.
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