The Horrific Attacks On Asian American Elders Cannot Lead Us To The Same Old Solutions

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Naomi Ishisaka is The Seattle Times’ assistant managing editor for diversity, inclusion and staff development. The videos are horrifying to watch. Asian American elders — the very people we are taught to most respect and protect — shoved to the ground, with cavalier cruelty. Over the past few weeks, a spate of attacks on Asian American elders across the country led to desperate calls for the wider public to pay attention.