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· Bryan Ke
Authorities have identified the person responsible for several vandal attacks on Asian-owned restaurants in South Bay on Monday. The San Jose Police Department is now looking for Tai Van Trinh, a 42-year-old man from Milpitas, CA, according to KTVU.
· Ryan General
A widely shared video on TikTok last month has been proven to be maliciously edited after an eagle-eyed Facebook user brought the issue to light. Uploaded on TikTok by user @damansingh120, the video purportedly showed an Asian woman getting arrested for allegedly trying to…
· Maina Chen
Nigahiga‘s Ryan Higa recently posted a YouTube satirical skit titled, “New COVID-19 study Confirms: ‘Beating up Asians does NOT prevent Coronavirus.’” Within the first minute, Ryan tackles the rise in racism and xenophobia against Asian Americans — as confirmed by the FBI and…
· Ernestine Siu
Sven Stoffels, an animator, and illustrator who has worked with companies such as Comedy Central and CollegeHumor, is being called out as racist after releasing an offensive cartoon sexualizing Asian women and connecting them to the COVID-19 pandemic. Stoffels, who has worked as…
· Carl Samson
Eight Asian-owned businesses in San Jose, CA, and Milpitas, CA found their windows destroyed after a man allegedly smashed them during a vandalism spree early on Wednesday morning. The establishments, located in San Jose’s Berryessa neighborhood, are reportedly open for takeout…
· Ryan General
An Instagram user is being hailed as a hero online for allegedly standing up for a bullied Asian teen in San Francisco. Clinton Dortch gave an emotional account of the incident via a video posted on his Instagram account, @notoriousmarshmallow.
· Carl Samson
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been accused of racism after using an image of Asian food in an Instagram post that urged the public to protect themselves from COVID-19 when ordering delivery or take-out items. The image, which was posted on Wednesday,…
· Carl Samson
A TikTok user has been accused of racism after posting a video addressing Asians while acting out trying to “bake” his dog. User @drewmorris24, who has 39,000 followers, has now set his account to private, but several viewers managed to save the video and share it on Twitter.
· Ryan General
Editor’s Note: Vancouver Police have identified the suspect but have not released further information to the public at this time. The Vancouver Police had sought the public’s help in identifying a suspect in a racist assault against a 92-year-old Asian man with severe dementia…
· Editorial Staff
NextShark is proud to present the JadeTopia Virtual Festival for charity hosted by EDMTunes that will stream on April 24 at 1:00 p.m. PST/4:00 p.m. EST. This is the first all-Asian online music festival to raise funds for COVID-19 relief efforts. The lineup features EDM artists…
· Carl Samson
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with additional details from Amanda Law. A Chinese woman in California took to Facebook to expose a “homeless” woman who followed her and demanded that she go back to the country she supposedly came from.
· Carl Samson
A car belonging to a retired Gurkha — a Nepalese soldier recruited into the British Army — was set on fire in what his family believes is a hate crime against Asians amid the coronavirus pandemic in the U.K. The family from Kent, England scrambled out of their home after hearing…
· Carl Samson
A woman accused of a racist attack on two international students in Australia has been granted bail over the weekend. The attack, which was caught in a now-viral video, occurred near Elizabeth St. in Melbourne’s Central Business District on Wednesday.
· Maina Chen
Community advocate, Edwin Wong, President of The Forest Hills Asian Association (FHAA), Chinatown Ice Cream Factory, and the FDNY Phoenix Society teamed up on Easter Sunday, April 12, to give back to the FDNY EMS first responders in Queens. Headed by FHAA President Edwin Wong,…
· Editorial Staff
Through the hard work and collaborative effort of nearly a dozen Asian American organizations, NextShark presents a new heat map of AAPI reported hate crimes in partnership with Admerasia.
· Carl Samson
A pair of international students in Australia are now afraid to leave their residence after being beaten in a “racially-motivated” attack this week. The incident, which was caught on video, reportedly occurred near Elizabeth St. in Melbourne’s Central Business District (CBD)…
· Kimberly Nguyen
A 55-year-old-Asian woman was hit in the back of the head and called racial slurs in a coronavirus-related attack earlier this month. The incident took place on April 4 in Edison, New Jersey, Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Chris Kuberiet and Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan…
· Bryan Ke
A couple of Asian shoppers were kicked out of a Big W store in Australia after allegedly getting involved in a scuffle for exceeding the two-tin baby formula limit per purchase. Part of the incident was caught on video and posted on Facebook by user Nikki Schoerie on April 11.…
· Editorial Staff
With the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global situation bringing the world to its knees, we’ve seen both the best and the worst of humankind. On one end, people have gone to great lengths to lend a helping hand to one another. We’ve donated money, Personal Protective Equipment…
· Ryan General
“Zoombombing,” a new type of trolling done by crashing on Zoom video calls, is now being used by racist individuals to spew hateful comments against Asians. Members of the Filipino American student organization Andrés Bonifacio Samahan at San Diego State University were recently…
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