| Presented by | | | | | Dr. John Park and his parents emigrated from Korea to America when he was in middle school. Today he’s a cardiologist in New York. Two weeks ago, a gunman shot his mother and two other women at a hair salon in Dallas. The shooter had been delusional about Asian Americans ever since he got into a car crash with an Asian man a few years ago, NPR reported. Dr. Park hasn’t felt safe ever since. He can’t take the subway and uses Uber instead. His wife hasn’t left the house, and now he wants to move somewhere else. “I am completely traumatized,” he says. He’s not alone: According to a new study from Pew Research, 90% of Asian Americans worry that they might be threatened or attacked because of their ethnicity. In the wake of a growing wave of hate crimes against Asian Americans, many have changed their daily routine and schedule out of fear of an attack. Many, like Dr. Park, also believe the issue receives far too little media attention. —Shalene Gupta, @ShaleneGupta | | | | | |
| NEWS | Watch out for falling Ben & Jerry’s | | Drone delivery company Flytrex announced its new partnership Thursday with The Ice Cream Shop, Unilever’s first online-only shop, offering ice cream delivery straight from the sky to residents in North Carolina and Texas. | | | After placing an order through the Flytrex app, users can expect to receive packages of ice cream in their front or back yard, “delivered with a flight time of under three minutes,” according to a press release. | | | Unilever’s The Ice Cream Shop offers products from top ice cream brands, such as Ben & Jerry’s, Breyers, and Talenti. | | | Flytrex drones, which received approval under an FAA waiver, can currently reach 10,000 homes. The company has been patterning with brands including Jersey Mike’s Subs and It’s Just Wings. | | Check out the latest news stories here. | | | | | | |