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'A historic surge': Anti-Asian American hate incidents continue to skyrocket despite public awareness campaign

'A historic surge': Anti-Asian American hate incidents continue to skyrocket despite public awareness campaign

'A historic surge': Anti-Asian American hate incidents continue to skyrocket despite public awareness campaign
May 06, 2021 2 mins, 18 secs

New data reveals hate incidents against Asians and Asian Americans are still on the rise despite anti-hate public awareness campaigns.

Violence against Asian Americans and Asians has grown despite increased national attention and political action against anti-Asian hate, experts said. .

More than 6,600 hate incidents have been reported in the year after the pandemic began in the United States, Stop AAPI Hate announced this week.

The assaults are the latest in a series of brutal crimes against Asians and Asian Americans, including the fatal shootings in March of eight people in Atlanta, that left six women of Asian descent dead. .

'Stop killing us': Attacks on Asian Americans highlight rise in hate incidents amid COVID-19.

Russell Jeung, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate, said it's hard to tell from his data whether hate incidents are occurring at a higher rate or if the community is reporting more incidents because of increased awareness and media attention. .

A woman wearing a Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg face mask holds a sign during a vigil and rally against Asian hate crimes, Friday, March 26, 2021, at Chicago's Horner Park.

Last month, the Senate passed legislation aimed at fighting hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with overwhelming bipartisan support.

Levin, who has tracked hate incidents for nearly 30 years, said the rise in anti-Asian hate crime reports may get worse as COVID-19 restrictions lift.

Levin said some places such as New York City, which created an Asian Hate Crimes Task Force, do a good job of counting these crimes; in other places, they fall through the cracks.

A boy holding a sign takes part in a Stop Asian Hate rally in Oakland, California, on April 3, 2021.

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More needs to be done to educate the community about how to report hate incidents – particularly if they don't rise to the level of a crime – and to connect victims with support resources, said Evangeline Chan, a co-chair of AAPI Affinity Group at Safe Horizon, which provides support to crime victims. 

People stand in solidarity during a vigil and rally against Asian hate crimes, Friday, March 26, 2021, at Chicago's Horner Park

Chan, like many experts, said there may be cultural or language barriers that prevent Asians and Asian Americans from reporting incidents

The Senate passed a bill that would help combat the rise of hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, a bipartisan denunciation of such violence during the coronavirus pandemic

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Leaders of Stop AAPI Hate advocated for increasing ethnic studies education to prevent crimes, implementing community-based violence protection programs and expanding civil rights protections to end harassment in business

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