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Amid widespread reports of discrimination and violence against Asian Americans during the coronavirus outbreak, 32% of Asian adults say they have feared someone might threaten or physically attack them – a greater share than other racial or ethnic groups.
Overall, about six-in-ten Asian adults (63%) say violence against Asian Americans in the U.S. is increasing, while 19% say there has not been much change and 8% say it is decreasing. This is down somewhat since last year, when 81% of Asian Americans said violence against them was increasing.
In New York City alone, the number of hate crimes with Asian-American victims reported to the New York Police Department jumped to 28 last year, up from three in 2019. And so far this year, the...
The frequency of anti-Asian incidents — from taunts to outright assaults — reported in the United States so far this year seems poised to surpass last year despite months of political and...
The FBI reported 279 hate crimes against Asians in 2020, compared to 161 in 2019. Out of all incidents reported in 2020, including in categories other than race, anti-Asian bias ranked the...
The compilation of hate crime data, published by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, revealed that anti-Asian hate crime increased by 339 percent last year compared to the year...
Reported violence against Asian Americans dropped for more than two decades, data shows. That changed in 2016, and the troubling trend has only intensified with more violent attacks. By Nina...
