Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders need our support
NATIONAL AFFAIRS: We must continue to confront anti-Asian racism, even after COVID-19 begins to fade from our collective memory
Jericho Tang/Staff
Insistent chants rang out across South Berkeley Wednesday evening as a crowd of students and community members gathered to condemn a string of violent attacks on the Asian American and Pacific Islander, or AAPI, community.
Winding through Berkeley’s streets, protestors voiced their grief and anger over what has been a most tumultuous and traumatic year for AAPI communities.
Nationwide, Asian Americans reported almost 4,000 hate incidents in the past year, ranging from microaggressions to verbal harassment to physical assault. Nearly half of these incidents occurred in California. Countless more went unreported.