Ray Rice Video Prompts Asian Americans To Break Silence On Abuse

Ray Rice Video Prompts Asian Americans To Break Silence On Abuse
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In the wake of the video release showing Ray Rice assaulting his then-fiancée Janay Palmer in an elevator, private stories about #WhyIStayed and #WhyILeft have been flooding into public spaces like Twitter and other media outlets, as women and men step up to tell their stories of domestic violence. Asian-American voices, many of whom are often silenced due to cultural pressures, are now starting to speak out.