Ken Jeong Donates $50,000 To Families Of 5 Atlanta Spa Shootings Victims
After addressing the Atlanta spa shootings, calling them blatant “hate crimes,” comedian and actor Ken Jeong, whose parents migrated to the U.S. from South Korea, donates $50,000 to the families of 5 victims.
Jeong, who also a judge on ‘The Masked Singer,’ donated $10,000 to the families of Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Xiaojie Tan and Yong Yue — victims killed in the targeted shootings at three different Atlanta-area spas last week.
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In addition to the five listed, Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels and Daoyou Feng were also victims in the attack. Following the tragic events, a white 21-year-old man, identified as Robert Aaron Long, who has been charged with eight counts of murder in their deaths, as well as an aggravated assault charge.
During a recent appearance on ‘Late Night With Seth Meyers,’ Jeong stated, “This is precisely due to weaponizing terms like China virus and kung flu. And also the fact that, in this particular crime, there’s debate whether this crime is racially motivated. Asian American women are two times as likely to be assaulted in America. This was clearly, clearly racially motivated. This was clearly a hate crime. As a guy who used to be a doctor and whose wife is still practicing medicine, I have an idea of how to solve COVID. It’s mask, vaccination, common sense, don’t be an asshole. But as a human, I don’t know how to solve racism. It takes listening, learning, loving, being tolerant. But it really starts off, in our particular case as Asian Americans, this ‘kung flu’ shit has to stop. And we really need to express that loudly. And we are.”
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— Ken Jeong (@kenjeong) March 19, 2021