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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't want to wade to far into the specific debate going on in this particular thread, but I think this piece on the history of fetishization of "Asian" women (in quotes, because "Asian" is such a broad, ill-defined term when people I think mean by it "Chinese/Korean/Vietnamese/Cambodian/Laotian/Japanese origin women who are petite and relatively light-skinned") is relevant: https://www.vox.com/22338807/asian-fetish-racism-atlanta-shooting

Maybe the mass murderer was a mentally ill sex-addict. [b]Why he thought that the best way to deal with his addiction was to kill people and why he associated his specific victims with his addiction cannot possibly be disentangled from the history of sexual fetishization of women [/b]from certain parts of the Asian continent and the view of them as being simultaneously subservient and hyper-sexual.[/quote]

I did not find this article helpful to figuring out if this was a hate crime or a mental health issue.  There are few types of businesses in the U.S. that have sexual services as a side service.  Of the ones that are, a large number are Asian staffed and likely Asian run.  If someone wants that service, it's not necessarily because they fetishize Asian women, though that might be true for some customers.  It could be because that's who offers the service.  If you don't like the association, take it up with the business owners and local governments to stop the practice and stop trafficking.  At least some of the trafficking starts in Asia.  [/quote]

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