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  1. Dec 10, 2021 · By Kimmy Yam. New crime statistics in New York City show a significant increase in anti-Asian hate crimes this past year. Incidents targeting Asians rose by 361 percent, from 28 last...

    • Kimmy Yam
    • When Hate Speech Leads to Hate Crimes
    • ‘Swept Under The Rug’
    • ‘Asians Were Kind of An Afterthought’

    While racism against Asian Americans has deep roots in the US, experts said the recent spike in hate attacks is largely attributable to political rhetoric surrounding the COVID-19 pandemicand its origins in Wuhan, China, along with geopolitical tensions with the country. James Mulvaney, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice who previo...

    Lee’s death came less than a month after Michelle Go, a 40-year-old Asian American, was killed when a homeless, mentally ill man allegedly shoved her in front of an oncoming trainin Times Square. Go’s death has also not been classified as a hate crime, but Asian New Yorkers and advocates said bias motivations can be difficult to proveor easy to con...

    In response to the surge in anti-Asian American hate crimes, the NYPD created the Asian Hate Crime Task Forcein August 2020 to respond and investigate such incidents. But experts and advocates say the work is far from over, and public perception needs to change. “The use of the N-word, we know that’s a bad thing. Everyone’s relatively careful about...

    • Gabrielle Fonrouge
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  3. May 17, 2021 · Mapping a Year of Anti-Asian Violence in New York City. Behind the alarming numbers with the city’s commissioner on human rights. By Eveline Chao. A close-up of the Manhattan...

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  4. Feb 11, 2021 · Anti-Asian Racism. Study Shows Rise of Hate Crimes, Violence Against Asian Americans During the Pandemic. The impact of the ongoing pandemic on Asian Americans in New York City...

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  5. Mar 8, 2024 · March 8, 2024, 6:45 AM PST. By Kimmy Yam. A majority of Asian Americans living in New York City have altered aspects of their lives to prevent being the target of an anti-Asian incident,...

    • Kimmy Yam
  6. Mar 23, 2022 · As of the 2020 census, the city was roughly evenly divided between white (32%), Hispanic (29%), and black (24%) residents, with Asians making up another 14%. [ 5] Thanks partly to growth in the Asian and Hispanic populations, this diversity has increased over the past three decades.

  7. Mar 26, 2022 · There were 131 hate crimes targeting Asians in New York last year compared to 28 in 2020 and just one in 2019, according to NYPD statistics. The increase has continued so far this year,...