" Asian Americans were already living in fear. The Washington Post takes " a look at the violence and racism that Asian immigrants and Asian Americans have faced since before the Civil War."Ĥ. " The long, ugly history of anti-Asian racism and violence in the U.S.," 03.18.21. More than 68 percent of documented reports of anti-Asian harassment and violence since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic have been from women."ģ. About 3 in 10 Asian adults said they've experienced jokes or slurs about their race or ethnicity during the pandemic, according to Pew Research - the highest percent among all races. a number the group says is probably a fraction of the true number. The Washington Post: " The coalition Stop AAPI Hate has been documenting anti-Asian attacks since the pandemic started last March and says there have been nearly 3,800 hate-fueled incidents against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in the U.S. " Asian Americans see shooting as a culmination of a year of racism," 03.18.21. The New York Times writes that " many viewed the shooting rampage in Atlanta that left eight people dead as the culmination of a racialized misogyny that they say has long been directed at them."Ģ. " How Racism and Sexism Intertwine to Torment Asian-American Women," 03.18.21.
*For additional information about this violence:ġ. To those of you who identify as Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander in our community: we stand together with you today and every day going forward. I call on everyone in our WMU-Cooley community to be agents of positive social change to create a better world for all of us. I look forward to the day when I no longer have to send such messages. An article on Anti-Asian Racism, Anti-Asian American Racism, COVID-19, Humor, and DEI: papers.cfm?abstract_id=3664356.
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We must also educate ourselves to be prepared to counter the ignorance that has fostered these trends. An attack on any group of us is an attack on all of us. We welcome and embrace individuals from every background because it makes us a better community and a stronger nation. Most recently we learned of eight murders in Georgia-six of the victims of Asian descent.* Media images of individuals being targeted make real to all of us this trend of aggression and violence across the nation. According to the group “Stop American Pacific Islander Hate,” more than 2,800 incidents of anti-Asian hate were reported between March 19 and December 31 last year. Incidents of physical and verbal assaults against people of Asian heritage have grown since the onset of the pandemic. Take Action Against the Racial Profiling of Asian Americans and Asian Immigrants and Call for an End to the Justice Department’s “China Initiative”.For the past year, Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islanders have been blamed for the current pandemic.Send a letter to your Member of Congress.history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans have played. As America becomes more diverse, and more divided while facing unimaginable challenges, how do we move forward together? Told through intimate personal stories, the series will cast a new lens on U.S. Asian Americans is a five-hour film series that delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever.Spit on, Yelled At, Attacked: Chinese-American Fear For Their Safety (NYT).How Racism and Sexism Intertwine to Torment Asian-American Women (NYT).READ, WATCH, DONATE, LEARN and TAKE ACTION! (Verbiage directly from Asian-Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago website)
To combat the current rise in harassment and discrimination and to also proactively prepare for the future increase of hate incidents, Asian-Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago is partnering with New York-based nonprofit Hollaback! and CAIR-Chicago to plan and implement an aggressive scaling up of locally-led bystander hate incident intervention trainings for community members.
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