The Media Desperately Wants To Blame Attacks Against Asian Americans On White Supremacy. But Where’s The Evidence?

Amid a rise in attacks against Asian Americans, one big, bold, recurring claim stands out: The attacks, many say, are a product of white supremacy and are perpetuated by former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on the “Wuhan Virus.”

“If you can’t disprove something based on data, then you can perpetuate the narrative,” writer Ryan Girdusky pointed out. “The same liberals who’ve said that white supremacy is to blame for anti-Asian crime are also some of the same people who have said Asians are white-adjacent and benefit from white privilege.”

Vox, for one, published a lengthy article describing “how white supremacy tried to divide Black and Asian Americans.” The top line according to the Voxsplainers: white supremacy is at the root of “lingering Black-Asian tensions.” In other words, it does not matter whether the majority of individuals attacking Asian Americans are non-white—white supremacy, Vox argued, is the ghost in the machine animating literally all racial angst. (Note: Comprehensive data for recent attacks has not yet been compiled.)

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