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US Senate Passes Anti-Asian Hate Crime Legislation, Advancing It To The House
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US Senate Passes Anti-Asian Hate Crime Legislation, Advancing It To The House
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Senate passes hate crimes bill to address rise in attacks against Asians By Jack Turman
Updated on: April 22, 2021 / 3:28 PM / CBS News
The Senate voted 94-1 Thursday to approve anti-Asian hate crimes legislation aimed at expanding the federal government s efforts to address the recent rise in these crimes.
The bill would identify a point person at the Justice Department who would quickly review hate crime incidents and provide more guidance to state and local entities to make it easier to report hate crimes. The legislation would also expand public education campaigns designed to increase awareness and outreach to victims.
Introduced by Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and New York Congresswoman Grace Meng, the legislation comes amid an increase in anti-Asian crimes in the past year. The Senate vote took place over a month after a mass shooting that killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent, in the Atlanta area.
We are shook, again: Sikh Americans recall targeted violence they ve faced
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Last Thursday, eight people were killed in a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, including four Sikh Americans.
Thus far, not much is known about the shooter’s motivation, though his decision to target the FedEx location where he worked which also has an employee population that’s about 90 percent Sikh has renewed concerns about violence that members of the religious group have faced for years.
“Whether it’s explicitly anti-Sikh bias or implicit bias, our lived community experience immediately calls these issues to mind,” says Aasees Kaur, the Sikh Coalition’s legal client and community services manager. “It is an undeniable fact that this specific FedEx facility was an established place of employment for a high number of Sikh employees, and the gunman knew that.”