Paul K. Halverson, IUPUI The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has joined hundreds of cities and counties across the country in declaring racism a public health threat. On April 8, 2021,…
California authorities charged a man with a hate crime after allegedly throwing rocks at a 6-year-old boy and his Asian mother while the two were driving down the street in Fullerton in…
Kimberly Newman, a teacher at Desert Willow Fine Arts, Science and Technology Magnet Academy in the Southern California city of Palmdale, resigned after being caught on Zoom hot mic, making racist remarks…
Two stereotypes that diminish the humanity of the Atlanta shooting victims – and all Asian Americans
Angie Chuang, University of Colorado Boulder Since the Atlanta spa shootings, the U.S. media has been working harder than usual to describe and understand Asian Americans. Asian Americans represent a population of…
A Black San Francisco barber was allegedly mistreated by being told to wait outside a Bay Area Starbucks chain until his order finished as other customers were allowed to remain inside the…
A San Francisco School Vice President was removed from her position by board members after the public rediscovered posts she uploaded on Twitter in 2016 that seemed to be racist towards Asian…
Jeannine Bell, Indiana University A white man travels to one business and kills several workers. He then kills more people at a similar business. Six of the eight people he killed are…
Pawan Dhingra, Amherst College Over the past year, attacks on Asian Americans have increased more than 150% over the previous year, including the March 16 murders of eight people, including six Asian…
George B. Cunningham, Texas A&M University and Lisa T. Wigfall, Texas A&M University The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all people, but not necessarily in the same way. Scientists have shown that racial…
