Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
With New York having the second-highest number of anti-Asian hate incidents in America, civic leaders, elected officials and victims of such crimes gathered in Lower Manhattan on Thursday afternoon demanding action.
As the investigation into the origins of the coronavirus is set to end this month, the groups warn that discussions of the report could aggravate anti-Asian hate.
Potri Ranka Manis stood at Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights on Tuesday evening surrounded by community members. Dressed in scrubs and a pair of sunglasses hiding a bruise, the Filipina registered nurse recounted her tragic story of an encounter with a hateful couple.
Witnessing the strife of Afghans is “heart-wrenching for families who escaped Saigon,” one community advocate said. “We know the desperation, the loss of homeland and fear and panic they must be feeling.”
New Census numbers showing a 43% increase of Asian New Yorkers in Brooklyn and a 29% jump in Queens fuel demands for more representation as the process for redrawing elected officials’ district lines heats up.
Stop AAPI Hate, a national coalition that became the authority on gathering data on racially motivated attacks related to the pandemic, received 9,081 incident reports between March 19, 2020, and this June. Of those, 4,548 occurred last year, and 4,533 this year. Since the coronavirus was first reported in China, people of Asian and Pacific … Read more