Stop AAPI Hate

In the period between March 19, 2020 and Dec. 31, 2021, a total of 10,905 hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. were reported to Stop AAPI Hate.

In the period between March 19, 2020 and Dec. 31, 2021, a total of 10,905 hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. were reported to Stop AAPI Hate.

Anti-Asian hate crimes increased more than 73 percent in 2020, according to newly corrected FBI data. It’s a disproportionate uptick compared to hate crimes in general, which rose 13 percent.

Many Asian Americans have been asked a question that calls their identity as Americans into question: “Where are you really from?” We asked five prominent Asian Americans in Boston about the dreaded question and their experiences with stereotypes and racism.

With hate crimes targeting Asian Americans on the rise across the country, whistles will be handed out in Quincy, Massachusetts, and other cities to help protect older people.

Sue O’Connell sits down with Jennifer Wang of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum to discuss reaction from the AAPI community amid an increase in anti-Asian incidents.

After a spate of deadly shootings at spas in Georgia put the Asian community on edge across the United States this week, people in Quincy, Massachusetts, are coming together to stop the spread of discrimination. Lorraine Tse is an American citizen, but she recalls a disturbing encounter with a woman around the start of the pandemic, which still fuels discrimination…

After Rep. Chip Roy, R-TX., called China “patently evil and deserving of condemnation” at a House hearing over a rise in violence against Asian Americans, Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., responded by saying that Republican rhetoric has put a “bulls-eye on the backs of Asian Americans across this country.”

New data has revealed the number of anti-Asian hate incidents over the past year is greater than previously reported, and a disproportionate number of attacks have been directed at women, NBC News reports.

Bigotry toward Asian Americans and Asian food has spread steadily alongside the coronavirus in the United States. Distorted information about the virus that first appeared in China has led to a revival of century-old tropes about Asian food being dirty.

Hundreds of racist and xenophobic incidents that have been reported over the past week, new data reveals. The online reporting forum Stop AAPI Hate said that since its inception March 18, it has received more than 650 direct reports of discrimination against primarily Asian Americans, NBC News reports.