Incidents targeting AAPI women stem from ‘a long history of anti-AAPI sentiment and misogyny,’ a new report says.
Three in four Asian American and Pacific Islander women say they’ve personally experienced racism and/or discrimination in the past year, with many saying these experiences happened in public and were perpetrated by strangers, a new report says.
“Discrimination, harassment, and violence against AAPI women — stemming from a long history of anti-AAPI sentiment and misogyny — are still rampant in society, occurring every day in public spaces, at schools and businesses, and even in our own neighborhoods,” the report said. Anti-Asian hate crimes and bias incidents in the U.S. have risen during the pandemic. Data from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, showed a 339% increase in anti-Asian hate crimes between 2020 and 2021, NBC News reported.
— National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum report The NAPAWF report came nearly one year after a man was accused of killing eight people, including six women of Asian descent, in shootings at Atlanta-area spas. In May 2021, President Biden signed into law legislation to tackle COVID-19-related hate crimes. The law aims to expedite the Justice Department’s review of hate crimes and have the department issue guidance for state, local and tribal law-enforcement agencies on hate-crime reporting, data collection and public-education campaigns.
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