Asian-Americans have seen rise in hate crimes and harassment in U.S. Since COVID-19 started spreading across the United States and the country began to lock down in March 2020, Asian-Americans have been reporting a significant increase in hate crimes, harassment and discrimination. There were 6,603 incidents of hate from March 19, 2020 to March 31, 2021 reported to Stop AAPI Hate, according to a national report from the organization which fights hate against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Verbal harassment made up 65.2% of the incidents and shunning (deliberately avoidance) made up 18.1% of incidents reported, according to the group. Physical assault was the third largest at 12.6%, according to Stop AAPI Hate.