Asian Americans

Grief grips Asian Americans after California mass shootings

Asian Americans were reeling Tuesday after two mass shootings in California targeting members of their community left 18 people dead - with the alleged gunmen in both cases being older men of Asian descent.

BTS visits White House to discuss combating hate crime surge: 'We all stand together'

"We hope today is one step forward to understanding and respecting each and everyone as a valuable person,” V added during the press brief.

How Asian arts collective 88rising came up with the soundtrack of Shang-Chi

“We didn’t want to make music about a superhero,” said Sean Miyashiro from 88rising. Instead, he wanted to depict what it is like to absorb a particular environment while growing up.

James Corden segment Spill Your Guts of Fill Your Guts draws ire for portraying Asian foods in negative light

James Corden addressed the anti-Asian approach of his show's segment Spill Your Guts of Fill Your Guts: "The next time we do that bit, we absolutely won’t involve or use any of those foods."

For Asian American health workers, a dual battle with COVID-19 and racism rages on

Police reports of anti-Asian hate crimes in 26 big US cities and counties shot up 146 percent last year, while hate crimes overall rose 2 percent, according to California State University, San Bernardino’s Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism.

For Asian Americans, generational divide makes it harder to forge collectives, fight xenophobia and racism

Many young activists say their parents and other elders are saddened by the violence but question the value of protests or worry about their consequences.

Atlanta shootings: Americans need to 'speak out and act' against anti-Asian bias, says Joe Biden

Biden noted that attacks on Asian Americans have been 'skyrocketing', a trend confirmed by the group Stop AAPI Hate which says nearly 3,800 cases have been reported since last year

For Asian women living in America, racism and sexism are inseparable realities

Scholars say the fetishisation of Asian women, and a corresponding emasculation of Asian men, have long histories shaped by United States law and policy

#StopAsianHate: Asian Americans grieve, organise vigils across US in wake of Atlanta attacks

Many were also outraged that the suspect, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, was not immediately charged with hate crime for killing eight people, most of them Asian women, at three Atlanta-area massage parlours

'Appalled': Satya Nadella, US lawmakers condemn incidents of violence against Asian Americans

More than 3,000 incidents of abuse against Asian Americans were reported between March and December 2020, which experts said appears to be based on a fabricated connection between COVID-19 and the community