Ammurrrica! It’s somehow become not-so-shocking that hatred, misguided blame, racism, and bigotry continue to rise across the country these day. People are garbage, mama! – AND they are scared, confused and stupid. Not a cute combo.
Karen Fukuhara, who plays Kimiko Miyashiro on the Amazon Prime Video series The Boys, revealed on Instagram that she was the victim of a hate crime assault.
“I rarely share about my private life but something happened today that I thought was important,” Karen Fukuhara detailed on Instagram. “I was walking to a cafe for some coffee and a man struck me in the back of my head. It came out of nowhere. We made no eye contact before, I wasn’t doing anything out of the ordinary. It came to my surprise and my hat flew off. By the time I looked back, he was a few feet away from me (he must have kept walking after hitting me).”
Fukuhara added: “What satisfaction are these perpetrators getting from hitting women, Asians, the elderly? They need to be held accountable.”
Find more from Karen’s statement after the jump!
“This is the first time I’ve been harmed physically, although racial slurs and hurtful actions have been directed to me in the past,” she confirmed. “I write this, because I’ve had conversations with multi-racial friends of mine that had no idea these hate crimes happen to everyday, regular people — people that they share meals with. I felt it was important to raise awareness.”
The actress concluded her message by giving a call to action and referencing the rise of anti-Asian violence across the country, asking “Why is this something we as ‘victims’ have to think about? What satisfaction are these perpetrators getting from hitting women, Asians, the elderly? They need to be held accountable. What can we do as a community to prevent these horrible crimes?”
Let’s hope this person who attacked Karen is found and held responsible.
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