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Anti-Asian violence is on the rise in the U.S. Here's what you need to know, and how you can help


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Anti-Asian violence is on the rise in the U.S. and Canada. Here’s what you need to know
The pandemic has been a dangerous time for people of East Asian descent in North America, and this week’s deadly shootings in Georgia has raised concerns even more
Published March 17, 2021
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Before Tuesday’s shootings in the Atlanta area that left eight people dead – six of them of East Asian descent – the past year had already been a dangerous one for Asian-Americans. Incidents of hate, from street harassment to vandalism, have measurably increased since the pandemic began. U.S. politicians, past and present, are coming under greater scrutiny for the way rhetoric ....

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