An American researcher: manifestations of violence against Asians are exacerbating in the United States

Washington-Sana

American researcher Jennifer Lee confirmed that manifestations of violence and racial discrimination against Americans of Asian descent are exacerbating in the United States.

In an article published by the American “Brookings” Institute website, a professor of social sciences at Columbia University explained to me that hate crimes against Asians have increased since the Atlanta crime last year, which left eight people dead, including six Asian women.

The researcher noted that a survey conducted by the Association of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders showed that the rate of anti-Asian-American crime has increased since the beginning of the Corona epidemic, with 1 in 6 Asian American adults reporting that they have been exposed to a hate crime in 2021, up from 1 in All 8 in 2020.

She explained to me that in the first three months of this year, the number reached 1 in 12 and that this percentage may continue to increase due to the rise of anti-Asian racism, indicating that the omission of seeing anti-Asian racism is a reflection of the neglect of Asians in American society, where 58 percent of Americans cannot name One prominent Asian American and 42 percent of them could not think of a historical or political experience related to Asian Americans.

Official data recently issued by the American Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism revealed that hate crimes based on racial grounds in the United States seriously increased last year, reaching record levels.

The data showed that hate crimes against Asian Americans in particular recorded a record increase of more than 339 percent last year compared to 2020, and indicated that African Americans are the most targeted in most cities in the United States, especially New York, and the city of Los Angeles reported More incidents of racial discrimination and hate crimes than any other US city.

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