This past year, a group of organizations have been keeping count of reports of anti-Asian hate incidents across the country. Nearly 3,800 reports have been submitted since the Stop AAPI Hate reporting center was launched, and nearly 45% of those were reported in California. The attack on Asian businesses in Atlanta that killed eight, including six Asian women, is just the latest chapter of anti-Asian racism in America. And behind the numbers are people and stories.
Guest: Russell Jeung, chair of the Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University and co-founder of the Stop AAPI Hate reporting center
This episode originally published on March 27, 2020. Episode transcript here.