In the three months since the beginning of the year, the number of cases of hate crimes based on discrimination and prejudice against Asians in major cities in the United States has increased about 2.6 times compared to the same period last year. I found out in the survey.

Since the spread of the new coronavirus in the United States, violent incidents that appear to have aimed at Asian residents have continued.



In San Francisco, Western California, two Asian women were stabbed by a stranger in the city center on May 4th during the day.



According to local media, police have arrested a man on the run and are investigating a possible hate crime.

A survey of 16 cities across the United States by the California State University, San Bernardino's Center for Hatred and Extremist Studies found that allegedly Asian hate crimes occurred from January to March. The number of cases was 95 in three months, which is about 2.6 times higher than the 36 cases of the same period last year.



Of these, New York has increased by 3.2 times, and San Francisco has increased by 2.4 times.



In response to a series of incidents in the United States, a bill was passed last month in the Senate to strengthen the crackdown on hate crimes, and is expected to pass as early as this month.

Volunteers patrol San Francisco Chinatown

Volunteer action is spreading as violence against Asians continues in the United States.



In San Francisco, western California, where one in three residents is of Asian descent, a group of volunteers patrol daily in central Chinatown.



During the patrol on May 4, group members called out to passers-by to ask if they were in trouble.



In addition, when I see a suspicious person, I take a video of the person and write down the characteristics of the person in a memo, and I will tell the police such information as needed.

Liana Louis, a Chinese-American who started the group, said, "Some people do not report to the police even if they are damaged due to the language wall in Chinatown. What kind of case should be reported to the residents? I want to help you. "

New York Asian women are subsidized for ride-hailing services

Volunteer measures have also begun in New York to prevent Asian residents from suffering damage such as discrimination and violence.



One of these is an initiative to subsidize the fare when using a vehicle dispatch service such as Uber instead of public transportation for commuting that started in April.



In April in New York, a Japanese person was suddenly grabbed by a stranger at a subway platform and was about to be dropped on a railroad track, and another Japanese person was hit by a man in the subway car and injured. There are a series of incidents on public transportation.



The initiative is aimed at women of Asian descent and the elderly, and if you make a request on the Internet after using the vehicle dispatch service, you will receive a maximum of $ 40 and about 4300 yen in Japanese yen up to 5 times a week.

The initiative was started by Korean-American dentist Madeline Park, who gradually became a hot topic on Instagram, and so far, donations of more than 15 million yen have been received from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. ..



It is said that it is now used more than 150 times a day.

Park said, "I was afraid, but I couldn't afford the taxi fare, and I felt that many people commute by subway. Eventually, I hope that the society will not require such efforts."

Some users are Japanese.

Akira Shimura (23), who was born and raised in New York and works for a real estate company, suddenly got a discriminatory word when she was on the subway last month and was scared. I came to use.

Mr. Shimura said, "A lot of police officers are getting on the subway, but I still do not know what will happen. Many people are being helped by providing safe transportation. I think. "