Karen Fukuhara has revealed she was the victim of a hate crime after being ‘struck in the head’ by a man in a random attack.
The actress, 30, who is best known for playing Katana in 2016’s Suicide Squad and Kimiko Miyashiro in Amazon’s The Boys, opened up about the terrifying incident on social media.
She told her followers: ‘Today I was struck in the head by a man (I’m physically fine) & this s**t needs to stop. Us women, Asians, the elderly need your help.
‘I rarely share about my private life. But something happened today that I thought was important.
‘I was walking to a cafe for some coffee and a man struck me in the back of my head. It came out of nowhere. We made no eye contact before, I wasn’t doing anything out of the ordinary.’
She added: ’It came to my surprise and my hat flew off. By the time I looked back, he was a few feet away from me (he must have kept walking after hitting me). I thought about confronting him first but he started coming towards me and I didn’t think it was worth the risk.
‘After a few seconds of staring at each other and him yelling at me, he eventually walked away.’
Karen revealed that she had been the victim of verbal abuse in the past, but this was the first time she had experienced a physical attack while out in public.
She told her followers: ‘This is the first time I’ve been harmed physically, although racial slurs and hurtful actions have been directed to me in the past.
‘I write this, because I’ve had conversations with multi-racial friends of mine who have no idea these hate crimes happen everyday, regular people – people that they share meals with. I felt it was important to raise awareness.’
Referencing a spate of recent attacks on Asian people, she added: ‘Ultimately, I know I got lucky. He could have come back to hit me again. He could have carried a weapon.
‘The shock of this experience has me thinking about taking self-defense classes. But why is this something we as “victims” have to think about?
‘What satisfaction are these perpetrators getting from hitting women, Asians, the ELDERLY? They need to be held accountable. What can we do as a community to prevent these horrible crimes?’
Karen did not elaborate on any more details of where the attack happened or about the man who hit her.
Credit: Original article published here.You can read this post on My Celebrity Life.
Karen Fukuhara has revealed she was the victim of a hate crime after being ‘struck in the head’ by a man in a random attack.
The actress, 30, who is best known for playing Katana in 2016’s Suicide Squad and Kimiko Miyashiro in Amazon’s The Boys, opened up about the terrifying incident on social media.
She told her followers: ‘Today I was struck in the head by a man (I’m physically fine) & this s**t needs to stop. Us women, Asians, the elderly need your help.
‘I rarely share about my private life. But something happened today that I thought was important.
‘I was walking to a cafe for some coffee and a man struck me in the back of my head. It came out of nowhere. We made no eye contact before, I wasn’t doing anything out of the ordinary.’
She added: ’It came to my surprise and my hat flew off. By the time I looked back, he was a few feet away from me (he must have kept walking after hitting me). I thought about confronting him first but he started coming towards me and I didn’t think it was worth the risk.
‘After a few seconds of staring at each other and him yelling at me, he eventually walked away.’
Karen revealed that she had been the victim of verbal abuse in the past, but this was the first time she had experienced a physical attack while out in public.
She told her followers: ‘This is the first time I’ve been harmed physically, although racial slurs and hurtful actions have been directed to me in the past.
‘I write this, because I’ve had conversations with multi-racial friends of mine who have no idea these hate crimes happen everyday, regular people – people that they share meals with. I felt it was important to raise awareness.’
Referencing a spate of recent attacks on Asian people, she added: ‘Ultimately, I know I got lucky. He could have come back to hit me again. He could have carried a weapon.
‘The shock of this experience has me thinking about taking self-defense classes. But why is this something we as “victims” have to think about?
‘What satisfaction are these perpetrators getting from hitting women, Asians, the ELDERLY? They need to be held accountable. What can we do as a community to prevent these horrible crimes?’
Karen did not elaborate on any more details of where the attack happened or about the man who hit her.
Credit: Original article published here.You can read this post on My Celebrity Life.