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Project Community: Asian Americans say COVID-19, political rhetoric added fuel to racist fire


Project Community: Asian Americans say COVID-19, political rhetoric added fuel to racist fire
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Updated: 7:55 PM EDT Apr 27, 2021
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Updated: 7:55 PM EDT Apr 27, 2021
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MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, ON MARCH 12, 2020, ASIAN AMERICAN LEADERS STOOD ON THE STEPS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE TO SOUND AN ALARM. WE DON’T TOLERATE ANY KIND OF BIGOTRY, TARGETED AT ANYONE BECAUSE OF THIS INFECTION. ANTOINETTE: THEY WARNED OF WHAT COULD COME, OF THE USE OF RACIALLY CHARGED TERMS FOR COVID-19. BUT NO ONE KNEW HOW BAD IT WOULD GET. ASIAN AMERICANS ARE UNDER ATTACK ACROSS THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. BUT MANY WILL TELL YOU THIS RACISM IS NOTHING NEW. I THINK IT IS JUST THE REST OF AMERICA WAKING UP TO THE REALITY OF IT AND HEARING OUR CRIES. ANTOINETTE: SAM HUMAN IS THE CHAIRPERSON OF MASSACHUSETTS ASIAN AMERICAN COMMISSION. WE TOLD EVERYBODY WHO WOULD LISTEN THAT THIS WAS GOING TO LEAD TO A DISASTER AN ....

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Arlington hosts event in response to rise in anti-Asian hate incidents


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Following the mass shooting that killed eight in Georgia last month, local groups are working on ways to heal and prevent future acts of violence that target Asian Americans. 
While the Cherokee County Sheriff s Department is still investigating the motivations of the shooter, local activist groups have spoken out about the attack on Asian Americans. The Arlington Human Rights Commission released a public statement on the shootings last week.
Like many in Arlington, the AHRC is horrified and saddened by the fatal shooting of eight people in Georgia on March 16. While the shootings are still being investigated, the fact that seven women, six of whom were Asian, were killed, demonstrates the deadly combination of racism, misogyny, and gun violence, the statement reads.  ....

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Perspectives on COVID-19 and Anti-Asian Bias and Xenophobia


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Since the 2020 outbreak of COVID-19, thousands of acts of anti-Asian hate incidents have been reported throughout the United States alone. Acts of physical violence and racism on Asians and people of Asian descent have spread globally as the virus itself spreads. These incidents connect to a long history of anti-Asian racism that has been supported by laws, institutions and representations, along with a long history of resistance by Asian Americans in solidarity with other communities of color.
The September 23rd panel at the University of Massachusetts Amherst presented various perspectives from diverse groups of UMass Amherst faculty, professional staff, graduate and undergraduate students, and community members. It was organized by the University’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and co-sponsored by the Asian & Asian American Studies Certificate Program, the Department of History, the Labor Center, the Department of Women, Gender, Sexua ....

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