Oakland volunteers pledge to keep elderly Asian Americans safe after several high-profile attacks
Noah Berger/AP
and last updated 2021-02-15 12:15:59-05
Itâs clear that the coronavirus pandemic has led to the increase of hate crimes across the country. Last spring, the United Nations reported that there were more than 1,800 racist incidents against Asian Americans in the U.S. in the span of just two months â many of them fueled by conspiracy theories about the origins of COVID-19.
Whatâs more disturbing about those hate crimes is an apparent target on elderly Asian Americans. According to Stop AAPI Hate â an organization committed to stopping hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders â the group received 126 reports of hate crime incidents involving Asian Americans 60 years and older between March and December.
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Oakland volunteers pledge to keep elderly Asian Americans safe after several high-profile attacks
Noah Berger/AP
and last updated 2021-02-15 12:15:59-05
Itâs clear that the coronavirus pandemic has led to the increase of hate crimes across the country. Last spring, the United Nations reported that there were more than 1,800 racist incidents against Asian Americans in the U.S. in the span of just two months â many of them fueled by conspiracy theories about the origins of COVID-19.
Whatâs more disturbing about those hate crimes is an apparent target on elderly Asian Americans. According to Stop AAPI Hate â an organization committed to stopping hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders â the group received 126 reports of hate crime incidents involving Asian Americans 60 years and older between March and December.
CHICAGO (WLS) President Biden signed an executive order Tuesday condemning the wave of racism toward the Asian American Pacific Islander community in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. There s been real damage done by the previous administration around the way they talk about COVID-19 in relation to the Asian community, people have gotten hurt, said Andy Kang, the executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago, which hosts bystander intervention training to combat the rise of hate crimes and harassment of Asian Americans.
Biden s executive order condemns the wave of racism toward Asian Americans in response to the pandemic. Organizations in Chicago support the change of tone.