How Elites Co-opt Asian Suffering

A new $250 million foundation is the latest example of opportunism.

Over the past few months, the nation has seen a spree of high-profile violent attacks that impacted Asian Americans.

As I’ve written elsewhere, it’s not entirely clear that all or even most of these attacks are motivated by explicit racial animus. We’re in the midst of a massive violent crime wave, and Asian Americans are going to bear the brunt of it ju…