In the August 22 cover story for The New York Times Sunday Magazine, San Francisco-based magazine journalist Jaeah Lee touched on the anti-Asian-American hate crimes, but while it’s an important and valid story, it dealt very gingerly with certain aspects.
Lee’s headline used one family’s story as a jumping off point: “Why Was Vicha Ratanapakdee Killed? — His death helped awaken the nation to a rise in anti-Asian violence. For his grieving family, the reckoning hasn’t gone far enough.”
Scattered within the 8,000-word story were hard truths about the commonality of violent black-on-Asian assaults.
