POLITICO, PBS NewsHour – Peng believes that it is due in part to the hateful rhetoric, violence and crimes occurring to the AAPI community from San Francisco to New York. “The day after the killings in Atlanta, which left six Asian women dead, The Yappie received the most donations ever,” said Peng. “People were telling us how important they think our work is, which we were glad to hear even though it felt like the donations were blood money.” What is happening in the Asian American community, he says, has been rough on even those like him who have not been on the other side of this hateful language and violence.