A HISTORY OF HATE:

UPDATED AAPI HATE NEWS

This includes news from different regions as reported by the news media. Without attempting to be exhaustive, this list includes examples of different manifestations of hate, including violence, threat, harassment, as well as scapegoating, differential treatment, vandalism, etc.

April 2021

• Man arrested on suspicion of hate crime against Korean woman at Tustin park.

• Good Samaritans protect Asian man body slammed in broad daylight in NYC

• TikTok User confronts man allegedly tearing down anti-Asian hate flyers in Mountain View

• Good Samaritans step in to save Asian woman from being shoved on the train tracks TWICE in NYC

• Man arrested for threatening to stab undercover Asian police officer

• Why so many Asian Americans are learning remotely

• Olympic Karate Athlete Sakura Kokumai was target of racist rant while training in park: ‘I was scared’

• She yelled an anti-Asian slur at at man on the street, police said. He was an undercover NYPD officer.

• Two New York doormen who closed the doors while Asian woman was attacked have been fired

• ‘No room for hate’: California man faces multiple charges for allegedly throwing rocks at Asian American woman, 6-year-old son

• Los Gatos police chief decries ‘a hate crime in our own town’

• Police: Man with pole trashes Asian-owned convenience store

• Swelling Anti-Asian Violence: Who is Being Attacked Where

• Man on subway spat at woman, yelling anti-Asian slurs

• Washington teen arrested in Asian couple’s attack

• Asian-American woman in Texas upset after Chick-fil-A wrote ‘China’ on her receipt

• ‘I’m still shaking’: ‘Teen Wolf’ star Arden Cho details how racist attack sparked childhood trauma

March 2021

• 10th hate crime reported in King County as leaders and victims decry Asian violence

• Anti-Asian Hate Crime Crosses Racial and Ethnic Lines

• Asian American Community Leaders Across Texas Uniting Against Hate on Tuesday

• Two Asian Women Assaulted in One Day in NYC Amid Calls to End Hateful, Racist Attacks

• Anti-Chinese insults disrupt ‘Stop Asian Hate’ protest

• Protests across U.S. call for end to anti-Asian violence

• Bay Area artists and skaters rally in San Francisco and Oakland to support Asian communities

• Why are Asian Americans Being Attacked and What Can You Do About It?

• O.C. organizers urge Biden administration to stop deportation of Vietnamese refugees

• 8 Dead in Atlanta Spa Shootings

• S.F. police are increasing patrols in Asian American communities in wake of Atlanta spa shootings

• Witnesses: Elderly Asian Woman Beats Up Man Attacking Her In San Francisco

• Man wanted by police arrested near residence of Vice President Kamala Harris, gun and ammo found in car (CNBC)

• Asian Americans reported being targeted at least 500 times in the last two months (CNN)

• New surveillance video of suspect car involved in San Jose homicide

• Lawmakers respond to video showing Sacramento teacher making racist slant-eye gestures

February 2021

• San Jose scrambles to respond to attacks on elderly Asian Americans

• Raul Peralez office release a memo to protect the API community in San Jose in the face of rising anti-Asian hate crimes

• ‘Please don’t kill me’: Family says Antioch man died after police knelt on his neck

• Family of 84-year-old killed in SF believe attack was racially motivated

September 2020

• Filipinos make up 4% of nurses in the US, but 31.5% of nurse deaths from COVID-19