As we’ve been reporting for months, America is experiencing a wave of hate-fueled anti-Asian attacks. And now a new report compiled by researchers at California State University shows just how bad the issue has become, with newly released data showing documented attacks on Asians soaring by nearly 150% over the previous year.
According to the study from CSU’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, there were at least 122 different anti-Asian American hate crimes reported in the 16 most populous U.S. cities in 2020.
Voice of America’s Masood Farivar reported that “Asian American rights advocates attribute the unprecedented string of attacks to former U.S. President Donald Trump’s rhetoric blaming China for the deadly coronavirus and, more broadly, the scapegoating of Asian Americans by ordinary people frustrated or angered by the economic and social impact of the pandemic.”
