In light of the current political climate, organizations like Right to Be, in collaboration with Asian Americans Advancing Justice, are stepping up to provide essential training to help communities respond to rising anti-Asian/American and xenophobic harassment.
Stop AAPI Hate report shows dramatic increase in hate speech, threats against Asians since Trump elected
Anti-Asian hate has surged online since President Donald Trump won the election, a new, post-election analysis by anti-racism and anti-discrimination coalition Stop AAPI Hate reveals.
Lawsuit alleges racial discrimination against Asian Americans
A new lawsuit accuses the District Attorney of Alameda County, California of anti-Asian discrimination.
Study: Anti-Asian attacks a major concern harassment in Western Washington
A survey conducted by The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) confirmed what many in the AAPI community in the Greater Seattle area realize—public safety and racialized attacks are a major problem.
Man who followed woman into her NYC apartment and stabbed her to death sentenced to 30 years to life
A man who followed a woman from the street up six flights of stairs into her New York City apartment and stabbed her to death was sentenced this week to 30 years to life in prison.
Man who followed woman into her NYC apartment and stabbed her to death pleads guilty to murder
A man pleaded guilty to murder on June 18 for stabbing a woman to death after following her from the street into her lower Manhattan apartment building.
Lawsuit alleges anti-Asian sentiment and record tampering
The former spokesperson for Alameda County, California District Attorney Pamela Price is alleging discrimination.
Three-year prison term for man’s anti-Semitic and anti-Asian threats
A California man was sentenced on Monday to three years and seven months in federal prison for making a series of threats toward a woman while referencing a desire to shoot at synagogues and “exterminate” Jewish people and Asian Americans.
Man sentenced to 15 years in state prison for attack on Filipino woman
A New York man was sentenced to 15 years in state prison for a vicious attack on a Filipino woman.
1 in 3 US Asians and Pacific Islanders faced racial abuse this year, AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll shows
Despite ongoing advocacy and legislation to combat anti-Asian racism that arose after the pandemic, about a third of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders say they have experienced an act of abuse based on their race or ethnicity in the last year, including being on the receiving end of verbal harassment, slurs, physical threats or cyberbullying.