Most people who are attacking and killing Asians probably don’t even know what a Uyghur is. They are just typical ignorant racists. Not even Muslims care for Uyghurs
But what the racists know is that corona started in China and it’s easy enough in their minds to blame Asians for it. And that’s in addition to previous hateful Asian stereotypes of being rich yet weak or taking advantage of other minorities for money
All it takes is for Americans to hear the words genocide and China to connect the dots together just like the words China and virus. The COVID19 bio-weapon and CCP stole the election conspiracy theories were perpetuated by the Falun Gong cultists and Steven Bannon's minions like fake virologist Li Meng Yan. These self hating asians are the biggest supporters of white supremacists in the US. Their far right news media The Epoch Times/NTD which Republicans funds has been pumping up hateful stories against the Chinese daily and should be banned in all countries.