The Korean newspapers have reports that the Korean communities all over America are concerned with the possible backlash of this horrifying incident, citing the aftermath of 9/11. Personally, I have met people of Indian, Pakistani, Arabians background who described how they were hassled in the streets, sometimes threatened with physical violence by fellow Americans just after 9/11 - as if they had anything to do with this.

Not possible here, you say!? Well, there was another thread in DU where someone was asking about the Korean culture as a major contributing factor! Racism begins with generalizations, and U.S. history has proved this time and time again - i.e. the Vincent Chin incident being just one.

I believe that we need to make everyone in America aware that the shooter's ethnicity/nationality is not relevant, i.e. it is not something inherent in the Korean cultural that caused this incident. So I ask all of you out there to make sure that the sins of one person is not applied to an entire racial group. To allow this would be a far greater crime!