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Crime
Seattle police seek help in IDing suspect in racist assault on elderly Asian man
Seattle police are seeking help to identify a suspect involved in the assault of an elderly Asian man in South Seattle on June 22. What happ...
Michelle De Pacina
Asian man brutally attacked on Seattle bus calls for better passenger safety
An Asian American man was viciously attacked by another passenger on a King County Metro bus in First Hill, Seattle, on Sept. 29. The victim...
Home
Nearly 40% of Seattle’s Asian residents experienced racism in past year: survey
A new study by The Asian American Foundation revealed that nearly 40% of Asian residents in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties in Seattle h...
Queer Asian man assaulted in possible hate crime in San Francisco
On Sept. 17, Pat Karaphat, a queer Thai man, was walking home in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District when he was allegedly assaulted by a ma...
Police search for suspect in anti-Asian attack in Brooklyn
Police are searching for a man involved in an anti-Asian attack that took place near Ocean and Foster avenues in Flatbush, Brooklyn, at arou...
San Diego student pelted with frozen eggs in anti-Asian attack
Christian Palayo, a 27-year-old Filipino American graduate student at the University of California San Diego, was allegedly attacked while w...
Asian women assaulted by group at Belfast playground in alleged hate crime
Police in Northern Ireland’s capital are investigating a report of racially motivated attacks on three Bangladeshi-born women. According to ...
Editorial Staff
Suspect charged for slashing man with katana in NYC claims self-defense
One of the two brothers charged for injuring a drunk man with a katana in New York City’s Chinatown in 2020 insisted that the other group st...
Bryan Ke
Politics
SF Mayor London Breed faces loss of support from Asian American community
San Francisco Mayor London Breed faces declining support among the Asian community as a recent poll revealed that 80% of Asian voters, who a...
News
Microsoft, AAJC launch digital Asian Resource Hub to connect AAPI to community resources, data
Microsoft and Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC), a nonprofit, civil rights organization, has launched a first-ever digital platform t...
Boston
Man wanted for spitting at Asian woman, yelling racist remarks in Boston
The MBTA Transit Police are searching for a man who allegedly attacked an Asian woman at a subway station earlier this month. What happened:...
Carl Samson
82-year-old Asian woman ‘maced’ and beaten in Las Vegas
Neighbors are on edge after an 82-year-old Asian woman was viciously attacked with what appeared to be mace and a stick in downtown Las Vega...
Asian mother reveals what started the alleged hate crime attack by woman on NYC subway
An Asian woman has shared her side of the story after her family and a bystander were attacked in what police are investigating as a possibl...
Florida woman accused of threatening to run over Asian American woman in racist Maine attack
A Florida woman is facing a civil rights complaint in Maine for allegedly racially attacking and threatening to run over an Asian American w...
Anti-Asian hate crimes dropped in California in 2022, report shows
Hate crimes committed against Asian Americans in California have fallen by 43.3% in the past year, a new government report shows. Findings: ...
Filipino American leaders to hold rally for Las Vegas senior attacked in his home
Community leaders are organizing a rally in downtown Las Vegas to call for justice for an elderly Filipino American man who fell victim to a...
Group of men wanted for anti-Asian attack on UCLA student
UCLA police are looking for a group of young men who allegedly attacked an Asian female student just outside the campus over the weekend. Ho...
Queens duo charged with hate crimes for punching, kicking Asian mom and son in their heads
Two people have been arrested in connection with a suspected anti-Asian attack in Queens, New York. The two alleged suspects, Natalie Plaza,...
Issues & Racism
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 ...
Massachusetts driver accused of ramming Asian man into ditch released after dangerousness hearing
John Sullivan, 77, has been released from custody on several conditions after a dangerousness hearing at the Quincy District Court in Massa...
‘Go back to China’: Massachusetts driver charged for ramming Asian man 200 yards into ditch
John Sullivan, 77, has been slammed with multiple charges after allegedly hitting and dragging an Asian man with his car in Quincy, Massach...
Film & TV
Manny Pacquiao produces film ‘Almighty Zeus’ tackling anti-Asian hate crimes
“Almighty Zeus,” a movie produced by eight-division world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, centers on anti-Asian hate crimes and showcases u...
Woman filmed going on racist tirade against Asian woman refuses to apologize, doubles down on ‘n-word’ claim
Ladonna Richie, the woman involved in a verbal altercation with a Taiwanese American TikTok user identified as Stephanie, has refused to ap...
Ryan General
Man called ‘Asian pig,’ assaulted for refusing to give up seat on NYC subway
A man and two women are wanted in New York City after allegedly punching and kicking an Asian man for refusing to give up his seat on a Man...
Canada
Vancouver couple sentenced to probation for anti-Asian attack
Michel Jean-Jacque Berthiaume, 74, and Astrid Maria Secreve, 76, were each sentenced to 12 months of probation for attacking an Asian Canad...
California soft-launches hate crimes resource line
California soft-launched a resource line on Tuesday that facilitates the reporting of hate incidents. The program, known as CA vs. Hate, a...
Asian American woman’s scathing account of racism in Sweden goes viral
Kat Zhou, an American transplant in Sweden working in tech, shared a scathing account of her struggles with racism. On Friday, Zhou opened...
William Yuk
NASCAR suspends Bubba Wallace for wrecking and shoving Kyle Larson in Las Vegas race
NASCAR has suspended Bubba Wallace after his heated altercation with reigning champion Kyle Larson at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunda...
NASCAR’s Bubba Wallace hit with unfounded claims of ‘anti-Asian hate’ after post-crash shoving of Kyle Larson
NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace, who has no reported history of anti-Asian behavior, has been accused of anti-Asian hate for attacking Kyle Lar...
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,...
Career criminal who struck Asian student with a pole in Vancouver walks free after bail
Mohammed Majidpour, the 35-year-old career criminal charged with assault after hurling anti-Asian slurs and striking a 19-year-old Asian wo...
Survey reveals Anti-Asian hate crimes in the US are scaring away Chinese travelers
A new survey of 1,000 mainland Chinese citizens found that a majority had “little to no interest” in U.S. travel. The biggest reasons all ...
Daniel Anderson
Texas woman sued by Indian American over viral racist meltdown
The incident, which was caught in a now-viral video, occurred in the parking lot of the restaurant Sixty Vines at around 8:15 p.m. on Aug. ...
Entertainment
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, produce...
Orange County
Report: Anti-AAPI hate crimes in Orange County continued to surge in 2021
According to a new report from the Orange County Human Relations Commission, the county recorded 398 hate crimes and incidents in 2021, a 6...
Teens found guilty of shoving Asian woman into canal in Ireland
Two teen boys have been convicted of assaulting Xeudan “Shirley” Xiong in Dublin on the evening of Aug. 14. 2020. The attack, which was ca...
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