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COVID-19

During the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-Asian hate crimes and incidents soared, reinforcing misconceptions about Asian Americans and endangering their communities.

THE NUMBERS

estimated AAPI essential workers

2 million

daily reported anti-AAPI hate incidents

100

anti-Asian hate incidents reported in first few months of 2020

> 2300

Recent developments

House Resolution Condemns All Forms of Anti-Asian Sentiment Related to COVID-19

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House Resolution Condemns All Forms of Anti-Asian Sentiment Related to COVID-19

​CAPAC Issues Messaging Guidance on Anti-Asian Hate

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​CAPAC Issues Messaging Guidance on Anti-Asian Hate

Texas man accused of attacking Asian family over racist coronavirus fears pleads guilty to hate-crime charges

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Texas man accused of attacking Asian family over racist coronavirus fears pleads guilty to hate-crime charges

2020 Ends With A Positive Story

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2020 Ends With A Positive Story

Johns Hopkins University

Unofficial Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

The COVID Tracking Project

An unofficial project on U.S. testing data.

1point3acres

An unofficial website built and maintained by first-generation Chinese immigrants in the U.S.

World Health Organization

Daily situation reports produced by the World Health Organization.

U.S. CDC

Updates by the U.S. Center for Decease and Control (CDC).

Tracking COVID Cases

Stop AAPI Hate

The Stop AAPI Hate website was launched on March 19, 2020 by the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (A3PCON) and Chinese for Affirmation Action

By April 23, 2020, over 1,500 incidents have been reported to the website.  By the end of March 2021, the number increased to over 6,600.  

Periodic analytical reports are produced by Dr. Russell Jeung, and Kai Nham, San Francisco State University Asian American Studies.

Reporting Anti-Asian Hate Crimes and Incidents

Stop AAPI Hate
NYC Human Rights
Racism is Contagious
Act to Change
Stand Against Hatred

Coronavirus and Racism

"There are serious concerns of a global pandemic, but the coronavirus (now called COVID-19 by the World Health Organization) has also reawakened centuries-old prejudices against Chinese people," John Pompret wrote recently in an opinion for the Washington Post.  He went on to cite several historical examples of how anti-Chinese racism in the U.S. always hinged on the belief that Asians harbor disease, dating back to the 19th century.

The title of a Wall Street Journal opinion on February 3 included a term "Sick Man of Asia" which is a century-old derogatory reference to persons of Chinese origin.  It sparked strong reactions from the Chinese American community nationwide.   

"Something's not right here folks," Mario Cavolo, an American living in China, wrote in his LinkedIn blog as he looked at the disparate treatment and reaction to the 2009 H1N1 virus that started in the U.S. compared to the 2020 coronavirus in China.  "This vicious, political, xenophobic racist attacks and smearing of all things China needs to stop," Cavolo concluded.

Virus knows no borders.  It is not an excuse for division, prejudice, fearmongering, or xenophobia here or elsewhere in the world.  The risk of COVID-19 should obviously not be under-estimated.  However, hate messages, baseless rumors, prejudice, conspiracy theories, uncontrolled emotions, panic and uninformed behavior cause far more damage than the coronavirus itself.

"Whether in a couple of weeks or months later, this nasty flu type Corona virus will begin declining and the joy of Spring will arrive," Cavolo optimistically observed.

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