We’ve known anti-Asian sentiment increased dramatically in the U.S. since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but new government data quantifies just how shockingly severe that jump has been.
Based on recently released FBI data, Sakshi Venkatraman of NBC News reported that “anti-Asian hate crimes increased more than 73% in 2020.” In contrast, overall hate crimes only rose by 13%, showing how disproportionate the increase has been.
According to Venkatraman, “the FBI’s data, originally released in August, was reposted Monday morning (Oct. 25) after an error was found in Ohio’s reporting system. The misreported statistics have been corrected, according to a bureau press release, and the new data reflects the accurate count for the 15,138 law enforcement agencies that reported numbers.”
