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Perhaps this explains why so many Korean Americans interviewed in the media said that when they first heard the Virginia Tech shooter was Asian, they hoped and prayed that he wasn’t Korean. This worry may seem nonsensical, but it is the only logical response to a society that too often exploits the ethnicity of evildoers in the search for a scapegoat...
Indeed, it’s interesting to note that people almost always focus on ethnicity instead of other unifying characteristics. The Virginia Tech shooter, Seung-Hui Cho, for example, was a South Korean immigrant who grew up in Centreville, Virginia, and majored in English at Virginia Tech. Of course, no one thinks any less of English majors or Centreville residents after the shooting—after all, that would be utterly ridiculous. But somehow, some find directing their anger and frustration at innocent Korean Americans less ridiculous...
...this Virginia Tech shooter had an ideology, what do you think it was? This guy had to be a liberal.' RUSH LIMBAUGH, conservative radio host, about Cho Seung-Hui, who killed 32 people in the Virginia Tech massacre, in part to act out his aggression toward wealthy people
...this Virginia Tech shooter had an ideology, what do you think it was? This guy had to be a liberal...
...They developed a very strong, close working relationship,” Ellison said. “He was trouble shooter for Jeremy Knowles and he took on a number of projects behind the scenes...