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Cheryl Burke of ‘Dancing With the Stars' Speaks Out Against Anti-AAPI Hate
TV personality Cheryl Burke said she worries for her mom in the San Francisco Bay Area as hate crimes spiked during the pandemic, with many Asian Americans and women becoming victims. The attacks “hit too close to home.”
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White House Announces New Initiatives to Address Anti-Asian Violence
The White House announced Tuesday new initiatives to address anti-Asian violence amid fresh attention to the rise of attacks against Asian Americans after a shooting earlier this month in Atlanta left six women of Asian descent dead. President Joe Biden will reinstate and expand the scope of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, the White House said. The Department of Health...
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Google CEO Sends Consoling Email to Employees Amid Rise in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
Nearly half of the company’s full-time workforce is comprised of people of Asian representation.
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Asian Americans Are Raising Their Voices After Lifetimes of Feeling ‘Unseen and Unheard'
In the wake of the Atlanta-area shootings that killed six Asian women last week, many Asian Americans across the country are coming to terms with the covert, and sometimes overt, racism they’ve experienced over a lifetime. NBCLX contributor Michelle Park spoke to fellow Asian Americans about the pain they’ve experienced over the past year — and why staying silent is...
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‘Too Many People Got Too Comfortable' With Hate Prior to Atlanta Shootings, U.S. Rep. Says
Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-WA, says rhetoric from the Trump administration and “enablers” during the pandemic contributed to violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders this past year, and at Atlanta spas last week. She also tells LX News about hate crime legislation moving through Congress.
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Solidarity Movements Hope to Bridge Divide Between Black and Asian Communities
Examples of solidarity between the Black and Asian communities in the U.S. date back to the 19th century. And tensions between the two groups also stretch back generations. LX News host Jobeth Devera recounts the history of this complicated relationship and talks to Catherine Ceniza Choy, an ethnic studies professor from UC Berkeley, about what comes next for the solidarity...
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UN Chief Calls for Halt to Violence and Abuse Against Asians
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for a halt to all violence against Asians and people of Asian descent
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Recognizing Hate Crimes Is the First Step to Stopping Them
The Atlanta-area spa shootings that took the lives of six Asian American women and two others, have touched off a debate about what constitutes a hate crime. Chris Lu, an attorney who served as White House cabinet secretary under former President Obama, joined LX News to explain why fighting hate crimes starts with recognizing and reporting them.
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Attacks Put Focus on Anti-Asian Hate
This week’s deadly spa shootings and Congressional hearing have put a new focus on a recent rise in anti-Asian hate crimes.
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‘Don't Walk Away': Why Fighting Anti-Asian American Racism Is Everyone's Responsibility
The surge in hate incidents against Asian Americans during the pandemic has taken a very personal toll on individuals and families across the country. NBC News legal contributor Katie S. Phang and LX News host Jobeth Devera share their personal stories related to the increase in racism and make a case for why it is everyone’s responsibility to fight hate....
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How to Take Action Against Anti-Asian Racism at Work and in Your Personal Life
What advocates say you can do to support the Asian American community and take action to help stop anti-Asian racism, acts of violence and hate crimes.
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Atlanta Spa Shootings: ‘The Asian American Community Feels So Gaslighted Right Now'
In the wake of Atlanta-area shootings that killed 8 people, including 6 Asian women, police suggested that the crime was motivated by a sex addiction rather than racism. This has sparked outrage among Asian Americans who have experienced a surge in hate incidents over the past year. Karthick Ramakrishnan, chair of the California Commission on APIA Affairs, joined LX News...
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An Asian American Woman Shares the Moment She Knew the Coronavirus Had Made Her a Target
Camille Dizon is a Filipino American who lives in Atlanta. She shared with NBCLX the moment she first realized that the coronavirus had made her and her family a target of racism, and the discrimination she has continued to experience.
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Asian Americans Are Both Grieving and Angry Over Atlanta-Area Killings
Asian Americans were already worn down by a year of pandemic-fueled racist attacks when a white gunman was charged with attacking three Atlanta-area massage spas and killing eight people, most of them Asian women.
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Georgia Sheriff's Spokesman Appeared to Promote Racist Shirt
A Facebook page appearing to belong to a Georgia sheriff’s office spokesman promoted a T-shirt with racist language about China and the coronavirus last year.
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Sheriff Investigating Atlanta Spa Shootings ‘Not Ruling Out' Race as a Motivation
Cherokee County Sheriff Frank Reynolds gives the latest updates on the killing of eight people at three Atlanta-area massage parlors.
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‘Stand Up, Condemn This Violence': Politicians, Advocates, Celebrities Call for Support of Asian Americans Following Atlanta Shootings
The deadly attack comes at a time during increasing reports of anti-Asian racism and violence during the pandemic.
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Discrimination Against Asian Americans Was a Problem Long Before President Trump
Hate crimes against Asian Americans have spiked since the coronavirus entered the U.S. and high profile people like former President Trump dubbed it the “China virus.” But discrimination against the community has been a rampant, but underreported, problem long before COVID-19. Karthick Ramakrishnan of AAPI Data, joined LX News to talk about this painful history and what can be done...
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There Were 3,800 Anti-Asian Racist Incidents, Mostly Against Women, in Past Year
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.
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Wyoming Shelves Hate Crime Law Decades After Matthew Shepard's Death
Wyoming lawmakers have again decided not to adopt a hate crimes law in the state where gay college student Matthew Shepard was killed more than 20 years ago