when we started to see a rise in incidents, attacks, verbal harassment against community members. what we did know is that while we asked our government to track this data, we started stop aapi hate to understand the nature of the hate and discrimination and bias our communities are experiencing so that we could also address meaningful solutions. regrettably i m not surprised by the latest reports on the rise against hate against our communities and other affected communities because it comports with our data and what we re seeing. and for us one of the things that i think is important to note is law enforcement often tracks incidents defined by law as a hate crime. and we do track all incidents of
communities. now, on the opposite coast, our next guest is part of california s new commission on the state of hate. in los angeles, the most populous county in the country, numbers are showing how dangerous things are getting. according to the county commission on human relations, 2021 hate crimes report, reported crimes rose 23%. 74% violent in nature. the highest percentage in at least 20 years. the biggest motivation, race. with a two-decade-year high in anti-asian crimes. cynthia is one of the founders of stop aapi hate and co director of chinese for affirmative action. she s also part of california s new commission on the state of hate. cynthia, thank you for being here. what are you seeing and hearing that made you want to be part of this? well, thank you so much for having me. well, we started stop api hate
focuses on women who struggle to be seen for her talent and for who she really was. it honors her americas aapi community. 11,000 sets incidents since the start of the pandemic, according to the stop aapi hate. long was a strong, gifted, beautiful asian american women, and it does it by honoring all those parts equally. that s all the time i have for today. i m alicia menendez, so back here tomorrow at 6 pm eastern for more american voices. for now, i handed over to my colleague, ayman biden. hi, ayman. hey alicia, good evening, into your evening. welcome to ayman tonight. truth and consequences. the january six committee subpoenas trump, and steve bannon is held accountable. plus, intimidation nation, election officials and voters are facing threats but a secretary of state candidate. cisco aguilar is here, and the
what that hate filled rhetoric has rendered. were you able to track a corollary between that rhetoric and the rise in crime that you saw on the community? just this week, stop aapi hate has a new study that found that perpetrators who attack asian americans, these incidents, they all also repeat the language that politicians have said. and so, blaming chinese americans for the covid virus. or blaming china for the economic or national security concerns. absolutely. words matter. they have consequences. we have seen the consequences of calling covid the china virus and calling it kung flu. that is part of what i found so interesting is that there is the contemporary moment we find ourselves in. but it is built upon a legacy of racism in this country that has led us here. i found the historic elements