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Anti-Asian hate crimes have spiked across the U.S. over the past year, fueled in part by Donald Trump’s racist rhetoric about the coronavirus. One recent study found a 150% increase in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans in 2020, even though overall hate crimes fell last year. Ron Kim, member of the New York State Assembly representing the 40th District in Queens, New York, says anti-Asian sentiment tends to flare up during times of crisis. “There’s a long history of Asian Americans in this country feeling targeted and scapegoated whenever we experience economic downturns,” says Kim. We also speak with Kim Tran, an antiracist writer and organizer based in the Bay Area, who says anti-Asian violence is “diffuse,” affecting people in different ethnic and cultural communities in various ways, “but there is a common sense of racial scapegoating.”
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The patrol group aims to partner with the Oakland Police Department to report incidents, the organization said. I m here to help with reports, said Officer Mae Phu of the Oakland Police Asian Community Liaison.
Phu’s job is to collect evidence faster by breaking down language barriers. A person that hopefully they can trust and be able to speak with, he said.
In recent weeks, Asian Americans have been the targets of violent attacks in Oakland and other Bay Area cities. One Oakland incident involved a 71-year old who was robbed and attacked.
In San Francisco, an 84-year-old Asian man was shoved to the ground while walking down the sidewalk and ultimately died.
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