An Asian woman attacked in San Francisco plans to donate nearly $ 1 million to combat racism

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After being punched in the face on March 17 in San Francisco for saying it was an unprovoked attack, Xiao Zhen Xie returned her own blow. “He’s bullying old people,” Xie said in a video made by CNN affiliate KPIX after the attack. “So I slapped.”
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After the attack, Xie developed two black eyes, a swollen wrist, and post-traumatic stress disorder that made her too scared to leave her home, according to a GoFundMe page set up by her family to raise money for medical bills.

The GoFundMe raised more than $ 930,000 within a week of the attack. The original goal was $ 50,000.

Now her family says that Xie wants the money to go to the Asian-American community to fight racism. According to the online fundraiser, the problem is bigger than them.

The page also says Xie’s mental and physical health has improved. She can now open her hurt eye and is ‘in a better mood’.

Anti-Asian attacks are on the rise

San Francisco police said at the time that a 39-year-old man assaulted an 83-year-old Asian man and was chased by a security guard when he hit Xie. The suspect was taken to San Francisco County Jail and was due to appear in court later this month.

After the attack, police said investigators were “working to determine whether bias was a motivating factor.”

San Francisco police have ramped up patrols in predominantly Asian neighborhoods following “an alarming spike in brutal anti-Asian violence in recent weeks” in the Bay Area, the department said.

Anti-Asian attacks have increased dramatically in the United States during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Stop AAPI Hate group says it has received more than 500 anti-Asian hate incidents in the first two months of 2021.

CNN’s Cheri Mossburg, Stella Chan, David Williams, Dan Simon and Augie Martin contributed to this story.

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