Sunday Best: When will it end?

The roots of America's recent violence run deep.

View in browser|nytimes.com Continue reading the main story March 28, 2021 Robert Aaron Long, the 21-year-old charged with the slayings at three massage businesses in Atlanta, told the police the women he killed were "temptations." "How many women have to die for men's sexual issues?" Jessica Valenti asked in an essay this week, noting that Long, "like so many misogynist killers before him, decided women themselves were to blame." Mihee Kim-Kort probed his motivation further: Was it racism? Toxic theology? A fetishization of Asian women? (Kim-Kort and Valenti spoke about the shootings on Instagram Live.) May Jeong writes that in a society steeped in stereotypes about Asian women, fetishization could play a role, but this shooting is also a reminder that this sort of violence has many layers. "Anti-Asian violence is also anti-women violence, anti-poor violence, and anti-sex-work violence," she writes. "Our fates are entwined." After the attacks, the words "stop Asian hate" surfaced on phone screens and social media feeds. President Biden proposed new hate crime legislation. Meanwhile, many Asian-Americans wondered: Will Americans finally see these problems as everyone's problem? — Jennifer Brown Continue reading the main story ADVERTISEMENT Sally Deng I Don't Want Another Family to Lose a Child the Way We Did The teenager who is thinking about suicide needs adults to face their fears. → Aundre Larrow for The New York Times I Spent 18 Years in Solitary Confinement "Some people would resort to cutting their stomachs open with a razor." →   Who Really Gets the Vaccine? We are headed for a future of vaccine deserts and oases. → Pâté Why QAnon Flopped in Japan The country is no stranger to conspiracy theories. So how did it escape this one? → Illustration by The New York Times; photographs by De Agostini Picture Library and William Nation, via Getty Images Remove Women, and You're Left With a Bunch of Threads Women's vital contributions to the richly interwoven fabric of civilization must be recognized. → Read the full Opinion report here. Continue reading the main story Need help? Review our newsletter help page or contact us for assistance. You received this email because you signed up for Sunday Best from The New York Times. To stop receiving these emails, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences. Subscribe to The TimesGet The New York Times app Connect with us on: Change Your EmailPrivacy PolicyContact UsCalifornia Notices The New York Times Company. 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018