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© Getty Images A Chilean television network issued an apology to South Korean boy band BTS this week after it received backlash for a skit it aired that made inappropriate jokes about Asians. The sketch that ran on the Mega TV network on Sunday had comedians dressed as BTS members introduce themselves starting with "Kim Jong Uno" and "Kim Jong Dos" in mocking Korean accents. The characters then receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Fans of BTS immediately expressed outrage over the skit and sent out tweets using the hashtag #ElRacismoNoEsComedia, or racism is not comedy, Billboard reported. ADVE...

Updated on April 15, 2021 at 9:46 am News4’s “Inequality in America” series will continue Saturday with an in-depth look at anti-Asian discrimination and hate.  The show will examine the recent rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, the objectification of Asian women, the “model minority” stereotype and much more. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. The special will air on News4 and online at 9 a.m. Saturday. News4’s Aimee Cho will look at how Asians in the D.C. area are coping with fear in the wake of attacks, and chan...

© Getty Images Cleveland Indians player Yu Chang shared racist comments he received on social media after an error he made during Monday's game. Chang tweeted on Tuesday that people can “[e]xercise your freedom of speech in a right way, I accept all comments, positive or negative but DEFINITELY NOT RACIST ONES.”  Exercise your freedom of speech in a right way, I accept all comments, positive or negative but DEFINITELY NOT RACIST ONES. His tweet included screenshots of comments he received on social media, including ones telling him to “fix those slanty eyes” and calling him an “As...

Young People Reflect on Growing Up Asian American in the South Missing jade heirlooms. Broken drawers. Stolen safes. Two families, forever changed. This is what 23-year-olds Grace So and Grand Cheung each came home to earlier this year, on separate occasions.  On February 10, So’s father called her while she was working at Sushi Nine in Raleigh. Her childhood home of 12 years in High Point, North Carolina, had been broken into — and her parents’ safety had been compromised. Her heart shattered like the plexiglass sliding door to her backyard. “I was just shocked,” ...

“I think it’s really important people come together to address this issue which is important to me,” said Mountain View resident Sue Tan. The large group marched from the Caltrain station to Mountain View City Hall, denouncing hate and violence against Asians and Pacific Islanders along the way. Teenagers Including Amanda Khu organized it. She said someone recently shouted racial slurs at her in San Mateo. “I think the rise in hate crimes recently and the violence against Asians pushed me to take action,” Khu said. The Mountain View City Hall portion of the event had several speaker...