Sing, Goddess, of the Rage of China

Reaction to the Philippine hostage situation is dying down but at its height the feeling in the air could be best described as rage, unfocused and abstract. I heard slurs against Filipinos; Kanye-esque incriminations that the Philippine government doesn’t care about Chinese people and that if it had been Americans, the police would have been much more careful. It was fear of the worst kind, couched in anxiety and ignorance.