Approximately two dozen people gathered at Mam’s Bookstore in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District on May 25 for an event aimed at uplifting the love, hope, and cultural pride within AAPI communities.
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.