‘Last Week Tonight’: John Oliver Addresses Atlanta Mass Shooting, Says “Anti-Asian Racism Has Long Been A Fact Of American Life”
On March 16, a white man traveled to three Atlanta area spas and took the lives of Soon C. Park, Hyun J. Grant, Suncha Kim, Yong A. Yue, Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels, Xiajoie Tan and Daoyou Feng. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver wasted no time in jumping into this story — starting with how Captain Jay Baker of the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office said the aforementioned white man who killed these eight people — six of them were of Asian descent — was struggling with a sex addiction and was at the end of his rope. Apparently, all of this was the result of a “bad day”, basically sympathizing and humanizing a white man who went on a shooting spree.