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In the year since the Atlanta spa shootings, violent assaults and harassment have left Asian Americans across the country afraid and physically hurt.

On the face of it, Phoenix is a peaceful South African town, with affluent homes, a shopping centre, and several places of worship perched on a hill.

Rui Vieira / AP Eigentlich war es ihre EM. Und eigentlich war sie ausserordentlich gelungen mit all den wunderbaren Bildern vom Rasen und von den Rängen, trotz etwas schalem Gefühl wegen der Coronarisiken. Doch dann kamen der Final und das, was gestern geschah. Die Engländer haben ganz zum Schluss die EM – ihre EM – beschädigt. Einige von ihnen offenbarten ihre hässliche Fratze: Im Umgang mit den Italienern, gegen die es schon bei der Hymne Pfiffe gab, und später kam es gar zu Auseina...

‘The raids, and what they represented, created deep wounds; says PM Jacinda Ardern

Mayor-elect Kate Rogers says she'll soon tackle reports of racist attacks in Fredericton's Doone Street neighbourhood, which immigrant families say have been ignored by city hall for years. "Once I'm sworn in as mayor and once the new council is sworn in, I'll be sure this is an item that we discuss in meaningful ways to address the concerns that are extremely critical," Rogers said in an interview. Rogers and councillors are to be sworn in on June 7. Mayor Mike O&#...

The feeling of being seen is resonating for Asian American and Pacific Islander students and faculty at college campuses.

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh) While The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler, a supposed fact-checker, is hot on the case of trying to disprove Tim Scott’s family history during Jim Crow, other Democrats have just come right out with their racist attacks against the Republican Senator. One of those people was a Texas Democrat named Gary O’Connell. As I wrote previously, upon seeing racist idiocy like “Uncle Tim” trend following Scott’s rebuttal to Joe Biden’s address to Congress, O’Connell ...

There is little understanding in the US of who exactly Sikhs are and what they believe. 2 hours ago A candlelight vigil in Indianapolis, United States, to remember the victims of the mass shooting. | Jeff Dean / AFP The site was reported as having a significant number of Sikh employees, and the massacre has left the community shaken and in grief. “I have sat with families from our community and so many others at the Holiday Inn Express as they wait to hear the fates ...

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on CNN praised Biden's denouncing attacks on Asian Americans, citing his own family's experiences with discrimination.

A rise in assaults against Asian Americans last year seems primarily tied to the coronavirus pandemic. Some Asian Americans also worry that heightened tensions between the U.S. and China and growing fears of China's espionage activities stateside could make them more vulnerable to racist attacks.Driving the news: There were more than 2,800 incidents of verbal and physical assaults directed at Asian Americans in 2020, according to Stop AAPI Hate, an organization founded early last year to tr...