The Rise of Anti-Asian Hate

Published: May 17, 2022, 10:24 p.m.

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Julio is joined by Jason Wu, public defender at the Legal Aid Society\'s Harlem Community Law Office, and Tiffany Diane Tso, freelance writer, editor, and co-founder of the Asian American Feminist Collective. They reflect on the rise in hate crimes targeting different Asian American communities, and how to build community safety beyond policing. They also get into the opportunity for multiracial solidarity in light of the increasing white supremacist violence in this country.

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  • \\u201cA year after the shootings, many additional attacks on Asian Americans have continued across the country, something activists view as part of the long tradition of violence and discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders woven through the nation\\u2019s history,\\u201d by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang for PBS Newshour in April 2022.

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  • In this analysis of data from AAPI Data and Momentive, professors Janelle Wong and Sara Sadhwani found that \\u201call racial groups experienced a hate crime over the first months of 2022 at very similar rates to one another.\\u201d

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  • \\u201cIn interviews with more than a dozen community members \\u2014 from shopkeepers to long term residents and elected officials \\u2014 one particular sentiment coursed through the interviews: The systems that were supposed to protect people \\u2014 from homeless people to the elderly and women \\u2014 have failed Chinatown,\\u201d writes Lam Thuy Vo in this piece for Documented.

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Photo credit: AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura

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