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This last year has been difficult for the local Asian community as hateful pandemic finger-pointing has proliferated.
Hate crimes, mostly against Asian people, rose over 700 per cent in the months following the start of the pandemic, according to statistics from the Vancouver Police Department.
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Itâs happened to people I know: A friendâs mom. A lawyer. An Order of Canada recipient. Iâm in social recluse mode these days, but Iâm guessing there were so many more examples of racism against people in my orbit.