ANTI-ASIAN HATE

History Repeats Itself in San Francisco: Asian Americans Are Targeted Once More For Abuse

Threats against Asian Americans multiplied as suspicion turned to blame and blame turned to hate.

Whitewashing Hate—When Is a Crime Motivated by Bigotry?

Vicha’s murder was recorded on video surveillance cameras around the neighborhood. His assailant simply walked up, assaulted him, beat him to death and then walked away—no evidence of intent to steal, just simply hate.

Inclusion Can Also Be Contagious—New Law Offers Hope to Hate Crime Victims

Behind the impersonal statistics are tragic stories of businesses being vandalized, people being denigrated, assaulted, and in some cases killed, such as the tragedy which befell an 84-year-old Thai man in San Francisco, targeted solely because of his ethnicity, who was shoved to the ground and died.

Anti-Asian Hate, A Primer

An elderly Asian-American woman runs and stumbles as two youths, in pursuit, easily catch her, beat her, and set her clothes on fire.

Where the Hate Is Coming From

A few bigoted individuals have used the pandemic as an excuse to spread hate against Asian Americans. By the same illogic Asians could blame me for the proliferation of gigantic American sodas and refined fast-food carbohydrates ruining people’s health around the world.

Why Anti-Asian Hate Has No Place in Our Society

Targeting people, especially strangers at random, to be punished simply because of how they look or where they come from is insane behavior that should be treated as such. There is no place for it in a civilized society.