The Cleveland Indians lost to the Chicago Cubs earlier this week when they went down 3-4.
A blunder from Cleveland infielder Yu Chang allowed the White Sox to score the winning run.
Chang made a wrong decision when he threw the ball and hit Yasmani Grandal in the helmet trying to get him out at second base instead of stepping in on first base and to get the second out in the 9th innings.
Nick Madrigal capitalized on that mistake and helped the White Sox win the game. Yu Chang knew he let his teammates down but that’s part and parcel of playing sport. While his teammates were forgiving, a number of Cleveland fans were livid and went after him on social media.
Chang who was born in Taiwan posted screen prints of the abuse he received on social media. He responded saying that he accepted both positive and negative comments but was not willing to accept any racial abuse comments. He ended his Tweet with the hash tag #StopAsianHate.
Exercise your freedom of speech in a right way, I accept all comments, positive or negative but DEFINITELY NOT RACIST ONES.
Thank you all and love you all💪🏽#StopAsianHate pic.twitter.com/xMaWc59wvt— Yu Chang 張育成 (@YutheSouljaBoy) April 13, 2021
There were racial tweets from three different Twitter accounts that went after Chang. Two of those accounts have since been removed and the third is now in private mode. We are not sure as of now whether Twitter shutdown those two accounts or whether the users decided to shutdown them after Chang went public with those racial tweets.
Terry Francona, who is the GM for the Cleveland Indians said he spoke to Chang to make it clear that the Cleveland Indians did not share or endorse any of those racist views. Francona said that the club did not tolerate any form of racism and also backed the 25 year old Chang by calling him an extremely mature young man.
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The Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism in America has shown that hate crimes against Asian Americans has skyrocketed by 150 percent during the last 12 months. One of the biggest crimes against Asians took place in March 2021 in Atlanta, GA when a white man committed a series of shooting in spas and killed a total of eight people – six of whom were Asian.
MMA fighter Andre Soukhamthath who uses the nickname ‘Asian Sensation’ has also voiced concerns of the growing hate towards Asians in recent months. The #StopAsianHate has gained a lot of attention as Asian hate crimes increase in America.
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