China News Service, June 11 (Xinhua Daily), according to the US "World Daily" report, since the outbreak in the United States, according to the statistics of the "Stop AAPI Hate ("Stop Hate Asia Pacific" notification center)" website, in just 8 weeks, the entire United States There have been nearly 1,900 cases of discrimination and hate crimes against Asians.
Among them, "verbal harassment" accounts for 69.3%, "shunning" accounts for 22.4%, and most of the reported incidents come from California and New York, accounting for more than 59%. Other behaviors that discriminate against Asians include beatings, coughing, violations of civil rights (such as workplace discrimination, being banned from entering certain places), etc., as well as incidents that occur in public places.
According to the information provided by the public, some people were called "Chinese virus" while queuing at fast food restaurants, and others spit at them and pretended to cough; when someone drove back to the apartment, insulting slogans appeared at the entrance; and people When walking on the street, the people who passed by drove aloud.
In response, many Asian-Pacific communities have called on leaders, companies, schools and legislators at all levels of government to take precautions and discrimination safeguards and policies as key elements of the epidemic response measures to reduce discrimination.
Manjusha Kulkarni, executive director of the Asia-Pacific Policy and Planning Commission, said that racial discrimination against Asians during the epidemic is a serious and devastating problem that affects the lives of millions of people every day. Unless discrimination and harassment against Asians are resolved, it will cause unimaginable harm and pain, and it will take decades to eliminate it. Now it is time to hold the corresponding people accountable to ensure that anti-Asian sentiment will not continue to expand in the United States.
Russell Jeung, a professor at the San Francisco State Department of Asian Studies, said that Chinese and other Asians were accused of spreading disease and were treated terribly. As a result, many ethnic minorities were very scared and everyone must take action.