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· Carl Samson
A homeowner in Bellflower, Los Angeles felt “violated” after a group of young men walked into her property and spit on her front door for no apparent reason during a deadly pandemic. The disgusting act was caught on a Nest surveillance video, which the homeowner only saw after…
· Kimberly Nguyen
As Asians and Asian Americans are targeted by racism and xenophobia around the world, one campaign is calling out the hate and raising more than $1 million to support small Asian-owned businesses. The social media campaign making #HateIsAVirus trend is encouraging people from…
· Bryan Ke
Two Harvard University Ph.D. students have created a crowdsourced map displaying anti-Asian aggression in Boston and New York amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The map, which was created by Boram Lee and Ja Young Choi using Google “My Maps,” shows more than 40 markers that represent…
· Ernestine Siu
With the COVID-19 pandemic, closed gyms and at-home quarantines, it is more important than ever to take care of your health and fitness. For those of us who are able to self-isolate at home during this time, it can be easy to put on that quarantine fifteen if you know what I…
· Carl Samson
An emergency room nurse in Toronto, Canada was allegedly spat on and verbally assaulted because of her Asian background this week. The incident reportedly occurred while Katherine Cheung, who just moved from Markham, was out with another nurse in the area of University Avenue…
· Ryan General
A group of Asian American doctors have come together for an emotional video tribute to spread a message of kindness amid the growing number of racist attacks against people of Asian descent. Uploaded on YouTube, “Asian American Doctors Unite Against COVID-19 Racism: Hate is a…
· Carl Samson
A woman in Australia has become the subject of viral videos after going on a racist rampage against two Asian men wearing face masks aboard a Melbourne train last month. The woman, who was traveling with a female child, referred to the men as “disease-infected dogs” and demanded…
· Bryan Ke
An irate woman screamed at Telstra workers and told them to “go back to China” after being asked several questions as part of the store’s safety procedure to ensure that she does not have COVID-19. The incident occurred at the store’s branch in Miranda, in southern Sydney, at…
· Carl Samson
BTS member V has been named the “Ultimate Asian Heartthrob” for the third consecutive year by entertainment blog Starmometer, effectively inducting the K-pop star in its “Hall of Fame.” V, whose real name is Kim Taehyung, emerged victorious after securing the highest number of…
· Sam Hyun
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this piece are solely those of the author. In a time when Asian Americans need to unify, we are as divided as ever. Many non-Chinese Asian Americans are scapegoating Chinese Americans, insisting on referring to COVID-19 as the “Wuhan” or…
· Carl Samson
Face masks no longer just prevent the transmission of COVID-19 as activists on the internet have begun using them to call for an end in hate crimes committed against Asian Americans. For the past several weeks, incidents of racism and xenophobia against Asian Americans have…
· Andrew Chau
I finished an op-ed for a large news publication to the general public about the Andrew Yang situation and essentially scrapped it last night. This is for our community. No one wins if I or fellow peers write another critique of his statements — even if we know him and his…
· Bryan Ke
An Asian woman suffered burns on her body after an unidentified assailant doused her with an unknown substance in a horrifying attack outside her home in Brooklyn, New York. The incident occurred on Sunday at around 11 p.m. when the woman was taking out her garbage in front of a…
· Ryan General
An Asian bus driver was reportedly verbally abused by a racist passenger in Melbourne, Australia in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. The racial abuse came from a female passenger who allegedly accused the bus driver of bringing the novel coronavirus from China to Australia,…
· Carl Samson
Nico Santos’ mother has recovered from COVID-19. The “Crazy Rich Asians” star shared the good news in an Instagram post on Sunday, a week after he had lost his stepfather to the deadly virus.
· Bryan Ke
An official in Luna County, New Mexico is under fire after a Snapchat post in which he blamed the Asian community for spreading COVID-19. Tyler Massey, who works as a Luna County Safety and Risk Coordinator, shared the post on Snapchat on March 18, recounting his experience at a…
· Ryan General
Leaders of the congressional African American, Asian and Hispanic caucuses have come together on Monday to collectively denounce the growing number of racist attacks against the Asian American community. People of Asian descent are facing a spate of racist attacks related to…
· Carl Samson
The hate toward Asians amid the COVID-19 pandemic has not only increased in physical spaces but in the vile corners of the internet too, unsurprisingly. On Twitter, hate speech toward China and the Chinese people, in particular, has reportedly surged to a whopping 900%, with…
· Bryan Ke
A teenager who spat on and threatened two Asian women with a knife after accusing them of bringing COVID-19 to Australia has been arrested and charged. The 17-year-old girl, whose name was not disclosed, was arrested on Tuesday at her home in Marrickville, New South Wales,…
· Bryan Ke
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is facing backlash from Asian Americans for his op-ed on The Washington Post regarding the racism linked to COVID-19. In the opinion piece, published on April 2, the 45-year-old American political commentator spoke about an…
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