By Charissa S. L. Cheah, Aggie Yellow Horse & Kevin A. Gee, The Conversation The rise in anti-Asian hate crimes during the pandemic has prompted many Asian American parents to enroll their children in remote learning out of concern for their child’s safety at school. Asian American youths are enrolled in remote learning at much higher rates than […]
Responding to the recent hate crime attacks for Asian people, protesters gathered in Foley Square for an emergency rally. – Lower Manhattan, NYC. USA. April 4, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Minyvonne Burke, NBC News Pop superstar and makeup mogul Rihanna showed her support for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community by going undercover to attend […]
By Pawan Dhingra, The Conversation Over the past year, attacks on Asian Americans have increased more than 150% over the previous year, including the March 16 murders of eight people, including six Asian American women, in Atlanta. Some of these attacks may be classified as hate crimes. But whether they meet that legal definition or […]
By Helier Cheung & Zhaoyin Feng & Boer Deng, BBC News Attacks on East Asian people living in the US have shot up during the pandemic, revealing an uncomfortable truth about American identity. Though she was not born in the US, nothing about Tracy Wen Liu’s life in the country felt “un-American”. Ms Liu went […]