March 17, 2021
A trading card featuring Korean-pop group BTS was removed from circulation Wednesday following complaints on social media that it promoted hate amid a recent spike in violence against those of Asian descent.
The card’s release and...
March 17, 2021
While the motive for the attacks in Georgia that left at least six people of Asian descent is not yet known, but they reportedly took place in businesses where most of the employees are Asian. The shootings also come amid a spike in...
March 17, 2021
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki drew a bright line connecting the xenophobic rhetoric from former President Donald Trump about China and the Covid-19 virus to the steep rise in anti-Asian hate crimes in the past year.
Psaki’s...
March 17, 2021
After Tuesday’s shooting in Atlanta killed six women of Asian descent, 8 News Now spoke to members of our Asian American community about a startling rise in Asian-related racism in the last year. …
A new report by The Study of Hate &...
March 17, 2021
Shootings that killed eight people, six of them of Asian descent, at three spas in Georgia on Tuesday, rattled the Asian American community nationwide.
"It's just a fear. I don't think people can imagine that," said Amy Mok...
March 17, 2021
For many, the deadly shooting spree at three separate Asian spas in Atlanta underscores the problem of nationwide attacks on Asian people. But closer to home, hate has also taken root. Over roughly the last year, despite hate crimes...
March 17, 2021
Data shows that terms like ‘China,’ ‘Wuhan’ and ‘flu’ have surged on far-right forums on Telegram, 8kun and TheDonald.win since the election. The fatal shootings of six Asian women in Georgia on Tuesday have turned a spotlight on a...
March 17, 2021
Eight people, including six Asian women, were killed at three different businesses in Cherokee County and Atlanta. Police believe a 21-year-old Woodstock man is responsible for all three shootings. …
There has been an increase in...
March 17, 2021
An article about a group of celebrities expressing solidarity with the Asian American community in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Georgia included this: “A recent analysis from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at...
March 18, 2021
ADL released its findings just hours after a gunman fatally shot eight people at three Atlanta-area massage parlors and spas. Although it has not yet been determined if the incident was racially motivated, six of the victims were of...
March 18, 2021
CJ Werleman wrote in an opinion column: “The mass shooting in the US (Georgia) this week is yet another reminder that hate crimes have graduated from crimes to a domestic terrorism crisis. …
“During the past year, hate crimes against...