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Listen to the full interview. Dr. Borja studies Asian American history, refugee policy, and religion and has spent the past year researching anti-Asian racism during the COVID-19 pandemic.  She said this is something she has personally experienced since she was born.  She said she grew up in an era when there was a lot of anti-Asian sentiment and says her family was sometimes concerned about their safety.  But she said that situation helped her learn about the importance of standing up for justice and calling for change and organizing. Dr. Borja says referring to the coronavirus as the "Ch...

Brutal NYC attack renews Asian American volunteers' efforts TERRY TANG and DEEPTI HAJELA , Associated Press Mar 31, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8Teresa Ting stands for a portrait, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. The vicious assault of a 65-year-old woman while walking to church this week near New York City’s Times Square has heightened already palpable levels of outrage over anti-Asian attacks that started with the pandemic. Ting, a 29-year-old Chinese American, started what has become the Main Street Patrol followin...

The research was released by reporting forum Stop AAPI Hate  Published March 16, 2021 • Updated on March 16, 2021 at 11:19 pm NBC Universal, Inc. New data has revealed the number of anti-Asian hate incidents over the past year is greater than previously reported, and a disproportionate number of attacks have been directed at women, NBC News reports. The research released by reporting forum Stop AAPI Hate on Tuesday revealed nearly 3,800 incidents were reported over the course of roughly a year during the pandemic. It’s a significantly higher number than last year's count of ab...

Share Share Following reports indicating that shootings left eight people dead in the Atlanta area, most of them Asian-American and women, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) released the following statement from Chief Inclusion & Strategic Innovation Officer Minjon Tholen: “This morning, an entire community and nation are waking up traumatized because of yet another hate-fueled mass shooting. We are witnessing the results of what happens when racist and misogynistic ideologies collide in a society where there is also easy access to guns. This isn’t just trauma — it stands as a blatant a...

After a shooting spree in the Atlanta area that left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, police across the country are monitoring for threats. Investigators were looking into whether the shooter targeted the Asian American community when he opened fire at three different spas Tuesday afternoon. Six of those killed were Asian American. South Korea's Foreign Ministry said in a statement Wednesday that its diplomats in Atlanta have confirmed from police that four of the victims who died were women of Korean descent. A 21-year-old identified as Robert Aaron Long is in custody...