Watch: ‘The Path Forward – Fearless Conversations About Anti-Asian Hate Crimes During this segment of The Path Forward, NBC 5 s LeeAnn Trotter looks at the recent uptick in anti-Asian hate crimes and what Chicago-area leaders are doing to help quell fears in the Asian American community.
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In 2020, anti-Asian hate crimes increased by nearly 150 percent in the United States, according to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino. This recent rise in hostility is part of a long history of brutal bigotry against Asian Americans.
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But this year, 19 groups are uniting to publicly back the legislation as Democrats have control of the presidency and in both chambers of Congress.
Under the bill, immigrants who qualify for Medicaid as well as the Children’s Health Insurance Program can receive coverage without a mandatory five-year waiting period.
The legislation also would permit undocumented immigrants to purchase coverage under the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges, and it would allow Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients to get public health care coverage.
The organizations cited a Kaiser Family Foundation report that found noncitizens in the U.S. are more likely to be uninsured, noting a lack of insurance poses an obstacle to getting needed care.
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month celebrates the contributions of one of the fastest-growing groups of people living in the United States. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders contain multitudes. They are a global community with a homegrown and unique perspective on America.
Their diversity expands continents and demographics. The hopes and dreams of the AAPI community are America at its finest, and its people and traditions are those that are tightly stitched into the fabric of the nation. The American dream is alive and well within the AAPI community, and we ve gathered so many of those dreams here throughout this inspiring list of individuals.
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Asian American women leaders former Rep. Patsy Mink, Tina Tchen, Katherine Tai and former Oakland mayor Jean Quan painted by Melanie Humble.
It’s Asian Pacific American Heritage month in the United States which is a great opportunity to celebrate women leaders Patsy Mink, Tina Tchen, Katherine Tai, Jean Quan among many others. I am so grateful to be serving on the ReflectUS board with Madalene Mielke, CEO of APAICS, which is preparing a generation of new young Asian American leaders to run for office.
It was very hard that week, she says, adding that being in community with other AAPI justice leaders that week was crucial for her to remain resilient. She remembers being on a call with the Asian American Leaders Table and processing what an Atlanta-area sheriff s office said was the result of one man having a bad day, instead of what many advocates say was an act fueled by racism and sexism. The fact that we could be together right after what happened was really important, Kulkarni says.
Though anti-Asian racism in the U.S. has gained more attention in the last few months, coinciding with the reporting of increasingly violent attacks, advocates say it s crucial to remember that Asians have experienced discrimination from the time they arrived in the country in waves throughout the 1800s but that also, throughout American history, AAPI activists have been working to fight injustices in the name of advancing the civil rights and humanity of Asians in the U.S.