Chinanews.com, August 13th. According to a report by the American Chinese website, a new report released on the 12th showed that during the new crown pandemic, nearly 10,000 incidents of discrimination against Asians were reported across the United States.
Moreover, despite months of "anti-discrimination against Asians", the frequency of incidents of discrimination against Asians in the United States in 2021 still seems to be higher than in 2020.
On April 17, local time, hundreds of people participated in a rally against discrimination against Asians in Millbrae, San Francisco Bay Area.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan
From March 2020 to June 2021, the California-based group "Stop AAPI Hate" (Stop AAPI Hate) received a total of 9081 related case reports. The alliance has become a collection of data on racist attacks related to the epidemic. Authority.
Among them, the agency received 4548 reports in 2020 and 4533 reports in 2021.
According to this trend, the number of reported discrimination incidents in 2021 will greatly exceed that in 2020.
Manjusha Kulkarni, the co-founder of the organization, said that several factors have affected the data, from the increase in incidents to the increased awareness of reporting.
She said that as the economy further opened up in the past few months, this meant more public interaction and created more opportunities for discrimination.
In addition, the number of reports received by the organization will also increase sharply after the event of concern.
For example, on March 16th, the Atlanta area massage parlor gun case resulted in the death of 6 Asian women.
Kurkani explained: "Similar incidents happened in these areas a few weeks or months ago, but people either didn't know our reporting platform or didn't have time to report."
On April 17, local time, hundreds of people participated in a rally against discrimination against Asians in Millbrae, San Francisco Bay Area.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan
The reports received by the "Stop Hatred of Asian and Pacific Americans" are from the victims themselves or their representatives-such as adult children.
Overall, the report found that verbal harassment and avoidance accounted for a large proportion of all incidents, and these two situations are not legally hate crimes.
Physical attacks followed closely, and the proportion of such incidents increased greatly in 2021, from 10.8% last year to 16.6% this year.
The report showed that more than 63% of incidents were reported by women.
Of the reported discrimination incidents, approximately 31% occurred on public streets and 30% occurred in commercial establishments.