Selected Resources
- Cross Cultural Solidarity: resources on Black/Asian Solidarity.
- Racism is Contagious: map of Reported Incidents of Asian American-Targeted Hate.
- Stop AAPI Hate.
- Stop Asian Hate Info.
Timeline
2020
January 20: CDC confirms the first U.S. laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S.
February 3. Soo Youn: The coronavirus is spreading. So is discrimination. Asian Americans are bracing themselves for an all-too-expected side effect.
March 3. Matthew Rozsa: Fox News host claims coronavirus outbreak was caused by Chinese people “eating raw bats and snakes”.
March 4. Code Switch (podcast): When Xenophobia Spreads Like A Virus.
March 4. Natalia Molina (interview): Why pandemics activate xenophobia: The coronavirus is much more than a public health problem.
March 19. Josephine Harvey: Asian People Are Being Targeted By Racist Attacks. Here’s How You Can Be An Ally. The coronavirus pandemic is fueling racism that often unfolds right in front of bystanders.
March 23. Sabrina Tavernise & Richard A. Oppel Jr.: Spit On, Yelled At, Attacked: Chinese-Americans Fear for Their Safety. As bigots blame them for the coronavirus and President Trump labels it the “Chinese virus,” many Chinese-Americans say they are terrified of what could come next.
March 23. Dion Lim: Coronavirus outbreak: Neighbors form peace group to keep Chinatown safe from crimes.
March 24. Adam Serwer: Trump Is Inciting a Coronavirus Culture War to Save Himself: The president’s attempt to racialize the pandemic is a cover-up of the fact that he trusted false reassurances from Beijing.
March 24. Lauren Aratani: ‘Coughing while Asian’: living in fear as racism feeds off coronavirus panic.
March 25. Madeline Leung Coleman: Coronavirus is inspiring anti-Asian racism. This is our political awakening. What we need now is solidarity.
March 26. Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez: Asian San Franciscans reporting spike in hateful attacks.
March 27. NPR: Asian Americans Are Blamed By Some For COVID-19 Outbreak.
March 30. Kershaw St. Jawnson: Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA Shuts Down Xenophobia Against Asians.
March 31. NPR: Asian Americans Feel The Bite Of Prejudice During The COVID-19 Pandemic.
March 31. Jessica Mendoza & Jingnan Peng: Why disease boosts discrimination, and what that costs society.
April 1. Brittany Wong: Self-Care Tips For Asian Americans Dealing With Racism Amid Coronavirus: Therapists share the advice they give Asian American clients who are dealing with discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 4. Evan Gerstmann: Irony: Hate Crimes Surge Against Asian Americans While They Are On The Front Lines Fighting COVID-19.
April 7. AsAmNews: Acid attack on Brooklyn woman in apparent coronavirus hate crime.
April 8. Robert Griffin, John Sides, & Michael Tesler: Negative views of Asian people have risen in both parties.
April 12. Cathy Park Hong: The Slur I Never Expected to Hear in 2020: As an Asian-American, I’ve been conditioned to a certain kind of unspoken racism. This pandemic has unmasked how vicious it really is.
April 14. On Point (podcast): Asian American Discrimination And The Coronavirus Crisis.
April 16. Alexia Fernández Campbell and Alex Ellerbeck: Federal agencies are doing little about the rise in anti-Asian hate: The CDC and DOJ worked to stop bias incidents and hate crimes following the SARS outbreak and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. No such plans have been released amid the coronavirus pandemic.
April 16. Mitchell Lerner: Asian Americans won’t stop discrimination by helping to fight covid-19.
April 19. Marie Myung-Ok Lee: The Racist Art of Naming a Virus.
April 21. Li Zhou: How the coronavirus is surfacing America’s deep-seated anti-Asian biases.
April 22. John Cho: John Cho: Coronavirus reminds Asian Americans like me that our belonging is conditional.
April 23. Harvard University Center for African Studies: Joint Statement on Xenophobic and Racist Actions in Response to COVID-19.
April 23. Andrew Kaczynski, Nathan McDermott, & Em Steck: New HHS spokesman made racist comments about Chinese people in now-deleted tweets.
April 24. Marina Fang: Advocates Collect Nearly 1,500 Reports Of Anti-Asian Racism In The U.S. Over The Past Month.
May 5. Julian Shen-Berro: NYC man tried to forcibly remove Asian nurse from subway, cops say: “Hey Chinaman, you’re infected,” the man reportedly said before threatening to physically harm the nurse.
May 16. Kim Bellware & Hannah Knowles: Fear sent her Chinatown restaurant spiraling. The challenges to reopening feel ‘just impossible.’
May 19. Anti Defamation League: Reports of Anti-Asian Assaults, Harassment and Hate Crimes Rise as Coronavirus Spreads.
May 19. Tracy Jan: Asian American doctors and nurses are fighting racism and the coronavirus: Across the country, Asian Americans have reported a sharp increase in verbal abuse and physical attacks.
May 19. Interview with historian of Asian America Ericka Lee, Bo Thao-Urabe, executive director of the Coalition of Asian American Leaders, and others: How to be an ally for Asian Americans facing racism amid COVID-19.
May 20. Armand Gutierrez: Commentary: In the age of coronavirus, Asian Americans face two threats — the virus and discrimination.
May 25. Ed Pilkington. ‘Turn back this wave of hate’: 100 writers call for an end to anti-Asian hostility. Reports of hate crimes and violence against the Asian and Asian American community have surged since early in the pandemic.
June 24. David Nakamura: With ‘kung flu,’ Trump sparks backlash over racist language — and a rallying cry for supporters.
July 5. Anh Do: ‘You started the corona!’ As anti-Asian hate incidents explode, climbing past 800, activists push for aid.
July 21. Tiffany Wong: Little noticed, Filipino Americans are dying of COVID-19 at an alarming rate.
July 22. Akemi Tamanaha: UCLA Report Shows Major Effects of COVID-19 on Asian American Work Force.
July 31. Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil & Kimmy Yam: Asian Americans face dual challenges: Surging unemployment and racism. “This is why racializing COVID-19 as ‘the China virus’ has profound societal repercussions,” one researcher said.
August 5. Rise Adams. Asian-American marchers take to Brooklyn streets after 89-year-old woman was set on fire.
October 1. NPR: ‘Overlooked’: Asian American Jobless Rate Surges But Few Take Notice.
2021
January 15. Luca Powell: ‘It’s Starting Again’: Why Filipino Nurses Dread the Second Wave. Indispensable to New York City hospitals, health care workers from the Philippines died in shocking numbers last spring. Will things be different this winter?
February 8. Bettina Makalintal: Asian Americans Are Calling on Allies in Response to a Wave of Violence: Three recent attacks of senior citizens show the continued rise of anti-Asian racism during the COVID-19 pandemic.
February 9. Sakshi Venkatraman: String of attacks against older Asians leaves big city Chinatowns on edge.
February 10. NPR: Unpacking The Surge In Violence Against Asian Americans.
February 11. NPR: New Surge Of Violent Attacks Against Asian Americans In Bay Area.
February 12. Michelle Wiley: 700 Anti-Asian Hate Incidents Reported in Bay Area During Pandemic – True Figures Might Be Even Worse.
February 15. NPR: New York’s Chinatown Sees Economic Challenges, 1 Year Into The COVID-19 Pandemic.
February 16: Kyung Lah: Family of Thai immigrant, 84, says fatal attack ‘was driven by hate’.
February 18. Mina Kim & Michelle Wiley: ‘Tip of the Iceberg’: How Effects of Anti-Asian Attacks Run Deep.
February 18. Wendy Grossman Kantor: Filipino American Man Recounts Brutal Attack With Box Cutter on N.Y.C. Subway: ‘Nobody Helped’.
February 26. The New York Times: Attacks on Asian-Americans in New York Stoke Fear, Anxiety and Anger. Hate crimes involving Asian-American victims soared in New York City last year. Officials are grappling with the problem even as new incidents occur.
March 7. NPR: Stories Shed Light On Recent Attacks On Asian Americans.
March 11. NPR: Asian Americans Experience ‘Far More’ Hate Incidents Than Numbers Indicate.
March 17. New York Times: 8 Dead in Atlanta Spa Shootings, With Fears of Anti-Asian Bias. The man who police say went on a rampage at three spas in the Atlanta area has been charged with eight counts of murder in connection with the attacks.
March 17. Caroline Kitchener: The shootings are not surprising — if you’ve been paying attention, Asian American women say. Asian American women report 2.3 times as many hate incidents as Asian American men.
March 17. The Washington Post: Asian Americans see shooting as a culmination of a year of racism.
March 17. Khaleda Rahman: Donald Trump Repeats ‘China Virus’ Slur on Fox News on Same Night As Atlanta Shootings.
March 18. NPR: What Statistics Tell Us About Anti-Asian Bias Crimes.
March 21. NPR: The Long History Of Sexual And Physical Violence Asian Women Face In The U.S.
March 22. NPR: Activists Say Anti-Asian Attacks Go Unreported Due To Stereotypes, Language Barriers.
March 26. KQED: Fueled by Volunteers, ‘Japantown Prepared’ Strives to Keep San Jose’s Asian Seniors Safe.
March 26. Washington Post: Anti-Asian bias isn’t just an American problem: The pandemic has revived old stereotypes around the world.
March 30. The Washington Post: Thanks to Trump’s rhetoric, Asian Americans are moving toward the Democratic Party: As Asian Americans grow as a slice of the electorate, they could affect politics at every level of government.
April 3. NPR: In Response To Anti-Asian Hate Incidents, Groups Step Up Trainings For Bystanders.
April 8. NPR: Some Asian Americans Consider Guns Amid Wave Of Attacks On Their Community.
April 19. Margaret M. Chin & Yung-Yi Diana Pan: The ‘model minority’ myth hurts Asian Americans – and even leads to violence. Assuming that anti-racist efforts don’t work for Asian Americans makes discrimination harder to eliminate.
May 27. Michelle Ye Hee Lee: ‘This could have been me’: The six victims of Asian descent in the Atlanta-area mass shooting represented a diverse community. Their deaths have united many Asian American women.
October 3. Rishika Dugyala & Beatrice Jin: Trauma and Trump make Asian American voters a more cohesive bloc, new poll reveals: Ahead of the 2022 midterms, the POLITICO/Morning Consult poll found that Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders are significantly more likely to be mobilized by a shared fear of violence and discrimination than before the pandemic.
October 18. NPR: Anti-Asian violence creates a void for non-Asian parents of Asian adoptees.
2022
January 19. Anne Branigin: For many, Michelle Go’s NYC subway death highlights failures in public safety for women.
February 14. Ross Killion: Fang Sihui dies in shootout during robbery of massage studio.
February 15. Soo Youn: Christina Yuna Lee’s killing ‘hits so close to home’ for Asian American women in NYC.
February 20: NPR: There’s been an alarming spike in violence against women of Asian descent in the U.S.
March 14. NBC New York: NY Woman Punched 125 Times, Foot-Stomped in Brutal Hate Crime Beating.