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Fry, Hannah. "Hate attacks are up in Orange County, with a huge increase against Asian Americans, new report says." Los Angeles Times, 17 Sept. 2021, www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-17/hatecrime-incident-report-in-orange-county.
A
n recent weeks, a
ccording to a new research, hate crimes in
Orange County surged by 35% in 2020, the biggest
succession of high-profile
yearly increase in at least a decade. Hate-motivated
attacks against Asian Americans attacks that did not escalate to the level of a criminal,
have made national news,
known as hate incidents, climbed by 69 percent, partly
eliciting public outrage,
due to a 19-fold spike in attacks on Asian Americans.
legislative comments, and President Joe Biden's condemnation. Then, on Tuesday, things took a dramatic turn when a shooter opened fire at a spa in suburban Atlanta, killing eight people, six of whom were Asian women.
Over the last year, Asian Americans have been confronted with an additional scourge: an insidious surge in racist harassment, discrimination, and violence, while all Americans have experienced the health concerns and economic anxieties of the pandemic.
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NYC CRIME NEW YORK HUSBAND OF ASIAN WOMAN ATTACKED BY HATEFUL STRANGER
The killings this week brought anti-Asian racism and brutality to the forefront of the national
T
he husband of an Asian woman
The husband, who works in a restaurant,
who was attacked in Midtown by
said, "He was charging his phone on the
discussion, and they intensified
a racist stranger says he's pleased she
kiosk near the corner." "We had nothing
sentiments of deep sadness, fury,
wasn't gravely wounded. The 64-year-
to do with him," says the narrator. We
and terror among Asian
old husband and his 63-year-old wife
were only looking for a way to get some
were strolling down W. 54th St. near
extra cash by picking up bottles." Bell
Broadway around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday
has been charged with three counts of
when the guy yelled, "F——-g Asians,
hate crime assault and one act of hate
get the f—- back to China!"
crime robbery.
Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Hansen, Claire. "The Atlanta Spa Shootings and the Year of Hatred Against Asian Americans." U.S. News, 19 march 2021, www.usnews.com/news/nationalnews/articles/2021-03-19/the-atlanta-spa-shootingsand-the-year-of-hatred-against-asian-americans. Accessed 31 Oct. 2021.
Burke, Kerry. "Husband of Asian woman attacked by hateful stranger in Midtown says it could have been much worse." Yahoo! News, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2021, news.yahoo.com/husband-asian-woman-attacked-hateful-231300626.html. Accessed 31 Oct. 2021.
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