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‘A specific kind of racism’: Atlanta shootings fuel fears over anti-sex-work ideology
Advocates for sex workers say the spa attacks combined sexism and toxic Asian stereotypes
On Tuesday night, a 21-year-old man named Robert Aaron Long allegedly went on a deadly rampage at three Atlanta spas, killing eight people, including six Asian women.
- Marie Solis
- The Guardian
Long’s shooting spree, police say, began at Youngs Asian Massage Parlor on the city’s outskirts, where he killed four people, two of whom were Asian, and injured one; he then allegedly fled…
Following an interview with authorities, the Cherokee county sheriff, Frank Reynolds, maintained that Long “gave no indicators…