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Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said the perception of Asian Americans as meek and docile needs to be confronted. He told a summit of states attorneys general this week that such stereotypes are responsible for a rise in anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) hate crimes across the country.
Tong is leading a national effort against anti-AAPI hate. He said the stereotypes make it unsafe for many in the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community.
“They are stereotypes of weakness, that you can prey upon us. And let’s talk about the stereotypes against Asian American and Pacific Islander women in particular. They are quiet. They don’t rock the boat. They are meek. They are submissive, through a racist lens highly objectified and sexualized,” Tong said.
The pandemic didn’t stop hate but “reshaped” it, said ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.
Despite people shuttered at home during coronavirus lockdowns, 2020 still managed to record the third-highest number of anti-Semitic incidents since the organization began keeping track in 1979. The pandemic, said ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, didn’t stop hate but “reshaped” it.
By Faygie Holt
By Faygier Holt, JNS
Anti-Semitic incidents in the United States declined slightly in 2020, but remain at a near all-time high, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents.
The report, which was released on Tuesday, revealed a total of 2,024 anti-Semitic incidents in 2020 nationwide an average of five incidents a day down from 2,107 in 2019.
AJC releases latest edition of most common anti-Semitic terms and expressions
AJC releases latest edition of most common anti-Semitic terms and expressions
Holly Huffnagle, the organization’s U.S. director for combating anti-Semitism, said “given the proliferation of anti-Semitism online and offline, ‘Translate Hate’ is increasingly recognized as an essential tool.”
Defining anti-Semitism. Credit: Lobroart/Shutterstock.
Spread the word.
, the group’s widely used glossary of common anti-Semitic terms and tropes.
According to AJC, the date of the 2021 edition’s release commemorates the second anniversary of the fatal attack on Chabad of Poway, Calif., and includes more than 40 terms and expressions that are examples of anti-Semitism, explaining their nature when used in certain contexts and their origins.
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A team of US envoys is traveling to the Middle East this week for talks with key allies, a senior.
“Given the proliferation of antisemitism online and offline, including the introduction of new terms and tropes during the pandemic,
Translate Hate is increasingly recognized as an essential tool,” said Holly Huffnagle, AJC’s US director for combating antisemitism.
The need for the glossary was reinforced by AJC’s 2020
State of Antisemitism ins America report, which indicated that while 53 percent of Americans are familiar with the term and know what it means, nearly half do not; 21 percent have never heard of the word; and 25 percent have heard the word antisemitism but don’t know what it means. These results were called a “stunning lack of awareness” about antisemitism.