The incident that happened on Virginia Technology in Blacksburg, Virginia is awfully disturbing. A 23-year-old student of Korean descent massacred 33 people in the school. An English major, Cho Seung-Hui was reported to have entered the US in 1992 and was raised in Washington, DC.
The length of time he had stayed in the US, I believe, is reflective of his experience in the American society. On the other hand, we may not know what prompted the teen to cause a rampage, eventhough investigation showed that he had written "sensitive" remarks on his notepad in his dormitory about "rich kids". He had also written short stories and plays that are disturbing. We do not know if Seung-Hui suffered oppression or racial discrimation from his peers.
But this incident will put a dent on the image of Asian students in the US. Weren't students from the Middle East put under pressure when the 9/11 occured?
Let us pray that nothing worse will come out in the coming days. It is relative that the families of the victims will issue remarks on the incident. Now that there are stricter immigration laws, and crackdown on illegal immigrants are undertaken, we can only pray that no harse treatment will be applied on other Asians, especially Asian students.
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