China News Service, September 19. According to a report by the U.S. Overseas Chinese News, a 14-year-old student in Dallas, USA, was followed by a group of high school boys on his way home. They shouted at him: "Ching Chong! You carry the'Chinese virus'." A 17-year-old boy was cursed on social media, calling him "full of damn bats".
According to NBC reports, there are more and more similar stories recently. A research report led by young people shows that one in four Asian young people interviewed has been targeted by racist attacks.
The discrimination they face includes verbal harassment and cyberbullying.
The report was released on Thursday (17th) by the Stop AAPI Hate Youth Campaign, a high school student project under the rights organization Stop AAPI Hate. The study detailed the anti-Asian sentiment in various parts of the United States. Nearly 80% of the interviewees expressed concern about this. The anger of a situation.
The study was conducted by 87 Asian high school students this summer and interviewed nearly 1,000 Asian young people.
Cassie Eng, a senior at San Francisco City School, said: "This is a critical moment for us to find ourselves and our identity."
This movement is also supported by the Jeremy Lin Foundation.
During the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May, students from San Francisco City School contacted Stop AAPI Hate and started the project.
Through their research, the students found that in addition to their own personal experience, some American politicians' racist remarks such as the "Chinese virus" and "Kung Fu flu" have also deeply affected them.
Nearly half of the interviewees expressed sadness or frustration about this situation, and a quarter said they were afraid of themselves and their families.
Rebecca Wu, a third-year student at Alhambra High School in Martinez, Northern California, said: “Fear can really hurt a person’s self-esteem and sense of identity. Treat yourself and your family in public. Your worries are increasing day by day, which may lead to many other related mental health problems. This situation also makes you reluctant to tell what happened."
In addition to this youth-led research, Stop AAPI Hate also analyzed 341 reports of racism and discrimination against Asian young people across the United States received through the reporting tool since March.
Even before the outbreak began, the rate of bullying among Asian students was already high.
For example, according to the California Healthy Children Survey, in California public high schools, Asian-Pacific students are the racial group most vulnerable to bullying.
Russell Jeung, a professor of Asian studies at San Francisco State University, said: “Because of differences in race, language, and immigration status, Asians are more likely to be targeted. Part of the reason is that teachers may sometimes not realize that Asians are affected. Bullying, such as pretending to squint, they may not understand that this is a rude behavior for Asians."
These high school students and researchers shared their policy recommendations formulated with experts to curb anti-Asian racism in schools.
These measures include conducting anti-bullying training for teachers and administrators, creating anonymous reporting sites on social media, forming affinity organizations and alliances, and so on.
The core content of the high school student policy platform is to add ethnic studies courses to the middle school curriculum so that young people can learn about American history from the perspective of the colored communities.
According to the report, this will allow all students to have a deeper understanding of the root causes and possible consequences of racism.
Amanda Young, a fourth-year student at Campolindo High School in Moraga, a Bay Area city, said that although California has the largest Asian population in the United States, the historical research on Asians in California public schools is still very rudimentary. .