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$1 Million Raised After Attack on Asian Woman Will Go to Fight Racism, Family Says
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Her family raised money through GoFundMe to pay for her medical expenses. Now, they want to use it to fight anti-Asian racism.
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After a Chinese grandmother was attacked by a white man in broad daylight in San Francisco last week, she fought back.
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Ms. Xie holding a wooden board; a representative of the family said she picked it up to defend herself but did not hit her assailant.
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The assault, which traumatized Ms. Xie and left her with long-term injuries, according to her family, happened during a surge of anti-Asian violence in the Bay Area and across the United States.
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The public response to his fund-raiser far exceeded the family’s goal: By Thursday, about $1 million had been raised.
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On Monday Mr. Chen said on the GoFundMe website that the family was planning to donate all the money to fight anti-Asian racism.
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“We as a community cannot stay silent nor be silenced anymore. That is why our family plans to donate ALL funds generated in this GoFundMe to help the AAPI community recover, and combat racism.”
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The report was released on the same day that eight people, six of them Asian, were fatally shot at three Atlanta-area massage parlors. Stop AAPI Hate called the shootings “an unspeakable tragedy” for the victims’ families and the Asian-American community, which has “been reeling from high levels of racist attacks.”
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Her assailant, whom the police identified as Steven Jenkins, 39, first attacked an 83-year-old Vietnamese man, Ngoc Pham, who had been grocery shopping on March 17
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According to the police, the attacker was then chased by a security guard; he punched Ms. Xie while being pursued.
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Video footage from the immediate aftermath of the assault shows Ms. Xie holding an ice pack to her face and telling officers and bystanders about her attacker.
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Mr. Jenkins has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him, which included elder abuse and assault,
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“These elderly, first-generation immigrants who give up the world to give their kids the American experience — there should be an award for people like this.”
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Ms. Xie “has been severely affected mentally, physically, and emotionally,” adding that she said she was “afraid to step out of her home from now on.”
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On Tuesday, Mr. Chen wrote that his grandmother was finally able to open her swollen left eye and that she was in better spirits than before.
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“Right now, the funds are being safely held by our payment processor and will be transferred at the direction of Ms. Xie and her family,
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“We are in close touch with the family and will ensure the funds are transferred to the appropriate place.”