1 in 3 Asian Americans Fear Getting Racially Attacked, Pew Research Center Survey Reveals
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By Ryan General
Among the different racial and ethnic groups in the U.S., Asians are the most afraid of receiving verbal and physical attacks, a new survey from Pew Research Center revealed.
Of the 5,109 U.S. adults who participated in the survey, 32% of Asian adults fear they’ll be physically attacked or threatened. In comparison, 21% of Black adults, 16% of Hispanic adults and 8% of white adults expressed the same fear.
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Additionally, 81% of the 352 Asian adults surveyed think that violence against them continues to rise, while 56% of all the U.S. adults who were surveyed said the same.
The survey was conducted from April 5 to 11, just weeks after four Asian women died during the mass shooting in Georgia on March 16.
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Pew Research Center specified five offensive incidents, including being “subject to racial slurs or jokes” and fearing that “someone might threaten or physically attack them.” About 45% of the survey’s Asian respondents said they had experienced at least one of these five incidents since the COVID-19 pandemic first began, while 32% shared that other people have shown them support since the beginning of the pandemic.
Meanwhile, around 27% said that other people have “acted as if they were uncomfortable around them,” and another 27% claimed that they have “been subject to racial slurs or jokes.”
Lastly, 14% said that “someone made a remark that they are to blame for the coronavirus outbreak,” while 16% claimed that they have been told to “go back to their home country.”
Around 20% of the Asian participants believe that the way former President Donald Trump labeled COVID-19 as “kung flu” or “Chinese flu,” as well as his rhetoric about China and his bigoted remarks, are possible reasons behind the rise in anti-Asian discrimination.
“Four years of Trump has normalized racism and bullying. His continual example of blaming Asians for the coronavirus is allowing people to openly discriminate against Asian[s],” a female respondent, 40, said.
A March Pew Research Center survey found that 70% of U.S. adults see “a lot” or “some discrimination” against Asian people.
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