Like how Whites aren't always for Whites, Asians aren't always for Asians either

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Seattle’s first Asian mayor cuts anti-Asian hate crime fund by 50 percent

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has reportedly slashed nearly 50 percent of the city’s anti-Asian hate crime fund, raising concerns that the issue has fallen out of priority.

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Asian American groups criticize Seattle's anti-Asian hate budget reduction in new proposal
“If anything, [resources] should be increased to root out the causes of violence against all who are targets of hate,” one nonprofit leader said.

Asian American organizations are calling out the 2023 budget put forth by Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, who proposed reducing the city’s fund to combat anti-Asian hate by nearly half.

The budget proposal, announced last month, would reduce the city’s hate crime funding from $400,000 in the 2022 adopted budget to $167,000 in the 2023 budget.

The office for the mayor, who is the first Asian American to hold the position, defended the proposal saying it also included a number of funding reductions in the human services department and other departments in the city as a response to the $140 million revenue gap Seattle is facing.

Kyle Kinoshita, the co-president of the Seattle chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), the country’s oldest Asian American civil and human rights organization, said JACL strongly opposes the funding cuts.