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· Carl Samson

#StopAAPIHate report: 1 in 5 AAPIs experienced a hate incident over the past year

Attacks against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have steadily increased through the third quarter of the year, according to the latest national report by Stop AAPI Hate (SAH). Key findings: A total of 10,370 hate incidents were reported to SAH between March 19, 2020 and…

· Carl Samson

Stop AAPI Hate reports more physical, less verbal trend in over 9,000 incidents since March 2020

National coalition Stop AAPI Hate is reporting an increase in physical attacks against Asian Americans this year, while verbal abuse — though still the largest type of discrimination — is seeing a drop in numbers compared to 2020. Key details: The trends are highlighted in the…

· Thy Nguyen

Simu Liu, Lisa Ling and More Featured in #StopAAPIHate Music Video

The Hotel Lobby’s Johnny Lee has released a music video featuring prominent AAPI celebrities in response to the Atlanta shootings and rising cases of anti-Asian violence. About the video: The music video for “Tonight” contains footage from Stop AAPI Hate rallies as well as Black…

· Grace Kim

Stop AAPI Hate Records Over 6,600 Incidents Since March 2020 in New Report

A new document released by Stop AAPI Hate shows that there have been 6,603 hate incidents reported to the center since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The numbers: The recent report covers the period between March 19, 2020, to March 31, 2021.

· Ryan General

Stop AAPI Hate Records 3,795 Attacks on Asians Since March 2020

New data has revealed that 1,691 incidents of anti-Asian discrimination from California have been reported at the Stop AAPI Hate Reporting Center between March 2020 and February this year. Information released on Tuesday noted that from March 19, 2020, to Feb. 28 this year,…

· Bryan Ke

GoFundMe Launches Hub for AAPI Fundraising Campaigns to #StopAsianHate

GoFundMe has launched a hub containing all fundraising campaigns dedicated to helping the AAPI community as part of its #StopAsianHate initiative. About 100 personalities from the entertainment and fashion industries like Phillip Lim, Eva Chen, and Prabal Gurung showed their…

· Carl Samson

Self-proclaimed ‘slave master’ spews anti-Asian, anti-gay hate against TikTokers at California In-N-Out

Before you read: Anti-Asian hate crimes up by 342% in 2021, new data shows

· Iris Jung

‘Asian Lives Matter’ Republican ad blames Biden for anti-Asian hate

On Saturday, nonprofit Citizens for Sanity released an advertisement on Twitter titled, “Why Don’t Asian Lives Matter to Joe Biden and his liberal allies?” Featuring clips of 17 prominent attacks on Asian Americans, the ad blames the Biden administration for the rise in…

· Carl Samson

Seattle’s first Asian mayor cuts anti-Asian hate crime fund by 50 percent

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has reportedly slashed nearly 50% of the city’s anti-Asian hate crime fund as a consequence of a $140 million deficit. The fund will be reduced to $166,000 from more than $300,000, according to the mayor’s 2023 budget proposal. Even with the deficit,…

· Bryan Ke

New report reveals how political rhetoric worsens anti-Asian hate ahead of midterm elections

Advocacy group Stop AAPI Hate has released its new report, titled “The Blame Game: How Political Rhetoric Inflames Anti-Asian Scapegoating,” ahead of the United States midterm elections on Nov. 8. “In every chapter of U.S. history, immigrants and people of color unfairly…

· Carl Samson

Asians, Jews in Philadelphia unite in new organization to fight hate

Gov. Tom Wolf’s Advisory Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs and the American Jewish Alliance launched the Pennsylvania Asian Pacific American Jewish Alliance (PAPAJA) on Thursday. United by shared experiences of increased violence in recent years, the alliance seeks to…

· Carl Samson

Repeat New York offender who punched elderly Asian woman over 125 times pleads guilty to hate crime

Tammel Esco, 42, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to first-degree assault as a hate crime in connection with a brutal attack on an elderly Filipino woman in Yonkers, New York, on March 11. Esco and the victim reportedly lived in the same apartment building where the incident took…

· Iris Jung

S. Korean President Yoon proposes new ministry to protect Korean Americans from hate crimes

On Tuesday, President Yoon met with overseas Koreans in New York City and vowed to increase efforts to protect Koreans and Korean Americans against hate crimes. He announced a bill aimed at establishing a ministry dedicated to overseas Koreans is expected to be passed by the…

· Bryan Ke

Sandra Oh to narrate PBS documentary ‘Rising Against Asian Hate’

Korean Canadian actor Sandra Oh is set to narrate PBS’ documentary “Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March.” The documentary, produced by Repartee Films LLC in association with the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM), examines “the rise of anti-Asian racism and documents…

· Bryan Ke

Crime-watch app Citizen offers free 1-year premium access to Bay Area’s AAPI community

New York-based app developer sp0n, Inc. is giving 20,000 Asian American and Pacific Islander residents from the Bay Area free premium access to its crime-watch app Citizen for one year as part of its new initiative to combat anti-Asian hate. sp0n, Inc. has partnered up with San…

· Michelle De Pacina

Gov. Newsom signs No Place for Hate Bills to combat hate and harassment in California

The No Place for Hate Bills — SB 1161 and AB 2448 — were signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in California on Tuesday. The Increase Safety for Public Transit Riders bill (SB 1161), authored by State Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine), will require the Mineta Transportation Institute…

· Michelle De Pacina

Anti-Asian hate bills unanimously passed in California now await Gov. Newsom’s approval

Stop AAPI Hate’s No Place for Hate Bills — AB 2448 and SB 1161 — have passed the California’s State Legislature on Tuesday. The Public Rider Transportation Safety bill (SB 1161) promotes safe ridership by gathering data on street harassment of women and other vulnerable…

· Editorial Staff

Fact check: US did not ‘bury’ data on anti-Asian hate crimes

A recent tweet claiming that the U.S. government has been “burying” the anti-Asian hate crisis is false. The allegation: In a recent tweet, investor and physician Michael J. Burry alleged that the government is “burying” the “anti-Asian violent hate crime crisis.” As of this…

· Carl Samson

Man accused of attacking former San Francisco commissioner not charged with hate crime

Derrick Yearby, the man accused of attacking former San Francisco commissioner-at-large Greg Chew earlier this month, will not face hate crime charges. Chew, 70, was walking along 3rd and Folsom Streets at around 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 2 when a man riding a bike allegedly jumped off,…

· Michelle De Pacina

‘I hate Koreans!’: Harlem man spews anti-Asian remark and punches senior woman, 76, in the head

Tiffany Felder, 52, was arrested and charged with hate crime for attacking a 76-year-old Asian woman in Harlem, New York, on Wednesday. Felder allegedly yelled “I hate Koreans!” as he punched the woman in the back of her head with a closed fist at around 10:45 a.m. The victim…