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Several Good Samaritans saved an Asian man from further harm during a recent assault on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The unidentified victim was injured on Monday afternoon at the corner of Lexington Avenue and 72nd Street, according to ABC 7 News.
· Bryan Ke
An alleged white supremacist with a swastika tattoo has been charged with fighting in public after punching an Asian man at a White Lives Matter rally in Huntington Beach, California. What happened: The incident began on Sunday when the Asian man, identified as Santa Ana…
· Carl Samson
An Asian woman received three blows to her face after asking a man to wear a mask in a New York grocery store. The incident occurred inside Heng Yun Grocery Store at 329 Grand Street just after 4:30 p.m. on April 6, according to police.
· Bryan Ke
Actor Macaulay Culkin welcomed a baby boy with partner Brenda Song, but some social media users recalled his past comments about making “Asian babies.” Song, 33, gave birth to their first son on April 5, named Dakota Song Culkin in honor of the 40-year-old actor’s late sister…
· Carl Samson
An Asian man accused of kidnapping and attempting to sexually assault an Asian woman because he thought she was white has been arrested and charged in Irvine, California last week. Michael Sangbong Rhee, 37, of Lake Forest, allegedly targeted the victim while she was sitting in…
· Carl Samson
A man has been charged with a hate crime in New York after threatening an undercover Asian police officer and telling him to “go back to China.” The incident occurred on an escalator going into Penn Station near 7th Avenue and 32nd Street on Friday.
· Carl Samson
Good Samaritans saved an Asian woman from being shoved onto the subway tracks twice in New York last week. The incidents, which involved the same suspect, occurred at the G train station on Metropolitan Avenue after 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
· Bryan Ke
Social media users are praising a live streamer for saving an Asian man from a mugger in London last week. YouTuber Sherwin was live streaming while looking for his Uber ride when he heard someone scream for help near Leicester Square on April 9, according to Daily Dot.
· Bryan Ke
Two Asian American sisters helped save a 57-year-old Asian man from a violent robbery in Oakland, California by distracting the suspect. The incident happened on Saturday shortly after 7 a.m. on 10th Street between Martin Luther King Jr Way and Jefferson Street, when Tiffany…
· Grace Kim
Oscar-winning director Bong Joon Ho addressed the rise of anti-Asian violence during his virtual Master Class at Chapman University’s Dodge College in Orange, California. The “Parasite” director said to the class that Hollywood should respond to the ongoing social injustices by…
· Carl Samson
U.S. gymnast and Olympic hopeful Morgan Hurd condemned racism while sharing her own experiences in an impassioned speech at a “Stop Asian Hate” rally in New York on Sunday. Hurd, 19, a two-time World Championships gold medalist, was adopted from Wuzhou, China as an infant.
· Carl Samson
Two men were arrested in Ontario, CA for allegedly assaulting an Asian couple after a verbal altercation about social distancing. The incident, which left the victims with visible injuries, occurred inside a Levi’s store at the Ontario Mills mall at 5:15 p.m. on April 4.
· Carl Samson
A man has been arrested and charged with hate crimes for three separate attacks against Asian Americans in New York in the span of one month. Joseph Russo, 27, was most recently accused of assaulting a 77-year-old Asian man.
· Jeana Nam
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this piece are solely those of the authors. During a Republican forum last Wednesday, Texas congressional candidate and former Trump official Sery Kim made racist remarks about Chinese immigrants. “I don’t want them here at all,” she…
· Bryan Ke
An undercover Asian officer from the New York Police Department (NYPD) has arrested a woman for hurling anti-Asian remarks at salon employees in Manhattan. The incident happened on Tuesday on Madison Street. The woman, identified as 50-year-old Sharon Williams, was caught…
· Carl Samson
A restaurant in Queensland, Australia is facing backlash after its owner shared a photo of an order slip that referred to two customers as “very annoying Asians.” Shay Hayston, who co-owns several eateries in the city of Brisbane, shared the photo on Snapchat last Saturday,…
· Carl Samson
A Caucasian man in Fullerton, CA has been charged with a hate crime after throwing rocks at an Asian woman and her 6-year-old son last month. The incident, which resulted in damages to the woman’s car, occurred while she was driving her son along a quiet stretch on March 31,…
· Bryan Ke
Yelp has launched a new category to help struggling businesses as anti-Asian attacks continue to rise amid the pandemic. The company is partnering with Gold House, a nonprofit collective that promotes unity, representation and success among the Asian and Pacific Islander…
· Carl Samson
A man in Milford, Connecticut has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly berating another man for wearing a mask and demanding that he “go back to China.” Joseph Rohrig, 38, was driving in the area of Hill Street and West Town Street on March 30 when he supposedly pulled…
· Bryan Ke
Surveillance footage has captured the moment that an Asian woman, 27, was slapped in broad daylight by a homeless man in Center City, Philadelphia. The attack happened on Easter Sunday at around 2 p.m. at 11th and Filbert Streets, around the corner from Reading Terminal near…
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