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The attack on an elderly woman from San Francisco occurred this week within the wave of hatred against Asian people in the United States caused a shower of generosity for the benefit of the woman of 75 years.
The grandmother was attacked without any justifiable reason on Wednesday on Market Street in San Francisco, but she defended herself by hitting the attacker with a stick, who was later arrested .
The grandmother was identified as Xiao Zhen Xie and the assailant Steven Jenkins, a white male from 39 years.
Just came upon an attack on an elderly Asian woman on Market Street San Francisco. Effort I got more details pic.twitter.com/5o8r0eeHE2
– Dennis O’Donnell (@DennisKPIX) March 17, 2021
A man who identified himself as the woman’s grandson opened a GoFundMe account to receive donations to grandmother’s benefits , who suffered severe blows to the face. As of Saturday afternoon, an impressive amount of more than $ 830 had been received, 000 Dollars.
On the same page it says that the woman is a cancer survivor and that she is also diabetic , and that the money will be used to her medical expenses because she is experiencing physical and emotional discomfort after being assaulted.
San Francisco’s grandmother gained national notoriety for her bravery and her act helped the city will increase its efforts to protect Asian communities .
Unfortunately , the incident was not the most serious xenophobia incident in the week after the deadly attack in Atlanta in which a sexually obsessed white man murdered eight people in massage shops, six of them Asian. Two of his victims were Hispanic .