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This Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we're harnessing stories of hope from AA/PI communities, both past and present, to fuel the fight for racial justice. Introducing
#SpreadAAPILove
, a project by Stop AAPI Hate. 💌
Share your story at
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Listen to
#bts
@bts_bighit
. We need your help to address the rise of anti-Asian hate so that we can continue to advocate for meaningful change.
If you or someone you love experiences a hate incident, please report it at
It was great to meet with you this week at the White House,
@bts_bighit
. The rise in anti-Asian hate crimes requires all of us to stand up, speak out, and give hate no safe harbor. Thanks for all you’re doing. It matters.
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The reported shootings of Asian American women on Tuesday in Atlanta is an unspeakable tragedy – for the families of the victims first and foremost, but also for the AAPI community — which has been reeling from high levels of racial discrimination.
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Stop AAPI Hate is proud to announce our latest national report, measuring anti-Asian hate incidents from March 2020-Feb 2021. In the last 12 months, we have tracked 3,795 hate incident reports from APIs in all 50 states and DC.
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What an exciting end to
#APIHeritageMonth
!
Thank you,
@BTS_twt
for using your global platform to raise awareness around anti-Asian hate — and what can be done to keep our loved ones safe.
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Few details have been released, including whether or not the shootings were related or motivated by hate. But right now there is a great deal of fear and pain in the Asian American community that must be addressed.
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A few trends worth noting:
💬Verbal harassment makes up 68% of hate incidents. Physical assault makes up 11%.
👩🏻Women are 2.3 times more likely to report hate incidents.
🌉45% of reports originated in California, making it the first in the nation for hate incident reports.
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As the facts of the
#Atlanta
tragedy continue to emerge, it’s important that we do NOT rule out racism.
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Amid the devastation of the recent shooting, it is inspiring to see Asian Americans – and others – coming together to support one another and the people of
#MontereyPark
. If you want help, or need help, keep reading to learn how. 🧵
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The motive is unclear, but no matter why or who, the undeniable truth is that Asian communities are hurting from this mass shooting. As a group that represents Asian Americans, it’s important to acknowledge moments of shared pain. We see you, we hear you & we will heal together.
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In celebration of the month ahead, we hope you will participate in
#giveinmay
and support AAPI organizations nationwide — including the Stop AAPI Hate coalition. To get started, visit our page below.
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Four of the Texas shooting victims were Asian. Most were people of color. And three were children. The shooter—with alleged neo-Nazi ties—left at least 8 dead and 7 wounded. There are no words to describe the devastating impacts of hate in this moment.
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California just passed a historic bill that will bring Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander American histories into K-12 curriculum. This is a huge victory for students, teachers, and educators alike — and will help confront hate and bigotry in and out of the classroom.
Thank you Governor
@GavinNewsom
for signing
#AB1354
, to include AANHPI history in our K-12 curriculum frameworks! When students learn about the many contributions of and the discrimination against our communities, it builds belonging and respect.
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#StopAAPIHate
is more than just a rallying cry. It is a call for meaningful change to civil rights infrastructure, to community investments, to school curriculum. Here are four steps we can take to address the drivers of hate. (1/6)
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We are shocked and devastated by the shooting in Seattle this week that took the life of a pregnant Korean American woman, Eina Kwon, and her baby. Our deepest condolences go out to her loved ones, including her injured husband, and the Seattle community.
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We created Stop AAPI Hate to capture the rise of hate incidents in Asian communities, but anti-Asian attacks are rooted in a longstanding history of scapegoating. Our op-ed in
@USAToday
explores the multi-faceted solutions needed to overcome racism.
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When Asian Americans are asked, "Where are you from?" the implication is, "You're not from here."
This is just one example of the stereotype of the 'perpetual foreigner' that contributes to anti-Asian hate.
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Says Stop AAPI Hate Cofounder Dr. Russell Jeung, unless something changes, "there may be a light at the end of the tunnel for the pandemic, but not for AAPIs."
The full report is available on our website.
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#StopAAPIHate
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Our latest report is out. In the thirteen months leading up to March 31, 2021 Stop AAPI Hate received 6,603 reports of hate incidents directed at Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. (1/5)
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Our hearts break for the victims of the Indianapolis shooting, four of whom were members of the Sikh community, in a facility known for its large Sikh workforce. This is a moment of intense pain for the Sikh community, which has too often been the target of bigotry. 1/2
Latest Update: Eight Indianapolis-area gurdwaras release joint statement on Thursday night's shooting at the FedEx facility.
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We are heartbroken to hear about
@sunisalee_
and her friends’ experience with hate. We applaud her for using her platform to speak out.
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The fact remains that all but two of the victims in this tragic incident were Asian American women and that these were all Asian-owned businesses.
#StopAAPIHate
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Thank you
@CAPAC
,
@SenDuckworth
,
@RepJudyChu
,
@DorisMatsui
,
@RepGraceMeng
,
@AAAJ_AAJC
,
@danieldaekim
and our very own
@KulkarniManju
for your testimony at the
@HouseJudiciary
hearing this morning. Your advocacy is vital to sharing
#WhoWeAre
and how to protect our communities.
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Breaking: The latest
#CABudget
is expected to double down on the fight against hate with a major investment in AAPI communities.
Thank you, Governor
@GavinNewsom
and
@AAPILegCaucus
for showing up for our communities once again and recommitting to the
#APIEquityBudget
.
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We saw so much Asian pride & joy
@TheAcademy
Awards 💛🏆 Ke Huy Quan highlighted his Vietnamese refugee story, Michelle Yeoh inspired hope in young Asians, Daniel Kwan & Jonathan Wang honored their Taiwanese roots, and Stephanie Hsu spoke Mandarin on the red carpet!
#Oscars95
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Our thoughts are with George Floyd’s family at this time.
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Seven percent of incidents reported to Stop AAPI Hate involved coughing or spitting. That is seven percent too many.
#StopAAPIHate
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Our hearts are with the three Korean women who were shot by a gunman in Dallas’s Koreatown, the area known as the Asian Trade District.
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Here is a list of vigils for the victims of the Atlanta area shootings compiled by the Asian American Leaders Table, a network of local and national Asian American organizations that convened in the wake of the pandemic a year ago:
#StopAAPIHate
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Law enforcement is leading with a narrative that yesterday’s violent incident was not racially motivated based on the shooter’s testimony.
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We continue to be devastated as we learn more about the hate-fueled shooting at a mall in
#Texas
. We send our deepest condolences to the families, loved ones, and all those impacted during this incredibly difficult time.
You can read our full statement at
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September 11, 2001 will live on in history as a day that visited unimaginable loss and irreparable sorrow on people and families across the country. For some of us — including Muslims, Arabs, South Asians and Sikhs — the subsequent rise of Islamophobia has left permanent scars.🧵
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We mourn the death of Jasmer Singh, a Sikh elder who recently died after being assaulted in an apparent hate-motivated attack in Queens, NYC. As we witnessed after 9/11, intensifying anti-Muslim & anti-Arab rhetoric is harming South Asians, Sikhs, Arabs and Muslims across the US
“He just remarks about my father’s appearance,” the grieving son said.
“Attacking … pointing on his turban ... some kind of hate on his mind.”
People saw Singh try to call cops on the 30-year-old, who had a suspended license: “No police!”
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This attack was fueled by racism & hate. We’re shocked a Texas official publicly said today that race “didn’t matter” in the shooting. The denial & silence of leaders in TX & beyond echoes the downplaying of race as a motivator in the Atlanta spa shootings
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It’s our favorite time of year! Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander
#HeritageMonth
is finally here, and we are so excited to spend the next four weeks recognizing all of the progress our communities have made and uplifting the advocates responsible for it.
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Anti-Asian racism has been happening for decades without notice. “For so long, our community has felt invisible,” said
@CAASanFrancisco
Co-ED
@CynthiaChoi1
to
@LisZhou
. "That is a reason we started Stop AAPI Hate: we did not want to be minimized."
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#OTD
in 1982, Chinese American
#VincentChin
died after two autoworkers mistook him for Japanese and attacked him. His murder galvanized nationwide protests and brought attention to the dangers of anti-Asian scapegoating. So, how did this happen and why does it matter? A thread.🧵
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Stop AAPI Hate supports
@POTUS
's decision to reinstate the White House Initiative on AAPIs and other federal actions to address anti-Asian racism and xenophobia. You can read our full statement here:
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Announcement: Today, we’re releasing a landmark report revealing widespread discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders — with 49% saying they’ve experienced unfair treatment because of their race, ethnicity, or other protected characteristics. 🧵
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In the week that has passed since the
#HalfMoonBay
shooting, we have been working on the ground with Asian and Latinx groups to put resources in the hands of impacted individuals — most of them immigrant farmworkers who need access to housing, healthcare, and legal services.
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Our national report showed that 3% of reported incidents of anti-AAPI hate involved refusal of service/barring from an establishment. This has to stop. Report your experiences at .
#StopAAPIHate
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This morning, a video resurfaced of Nancy Pelosi outside her San Francisco home, telling protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza to “go back to China.” More recently, she called for an investigation into pro-Palestine protesters for alleged ties to Russia.🧵
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Our hearts break for all those in
#Hawaii
impacted by the ongoing wildfires, which have claimed at least 36 lives and displaced thousands of people.
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Thank you,
@dribram
, for this powerful thread about the Alien Land Laws. It’s an unsettling reminder of the devastating toll of racist and xenophobic ideas for generations of Asian Americans. As land bans gain traction in TX, FL, and beyond — it's also a wake-up call.
More than a century before Trump and his supporters vowed to "Keep America Great," White segregationists were striving to keep California White. They passed the state's flagrantly anti-Asian "Alien Land Law" on this day 110 years ago in 1913. An
#AAPIHeritageMonth
🧵 1/
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Targeting travelers from China — as opposed to other countries with similar COVID rates — is not just ineffective policy; it also promotes racist and xenophobic attacks against Asian Americans, and perpetuates the centuries-old racist trope of Asian Americans spreading disease.
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For people who want to help, you can donate to the official Monterey Park Lunar New Year Victims’ Fund, which will support victims, survivors, and their families. 🔗
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Today marks the first anniversary of the Atlanta shootings, in which eight people were gunned down across three spas. Six of which were Asian American.
One year later, we remain heartbroken for their families. And for our AAPI communities in Atlanta and throughout the U.S.
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In tonight’s
#GOPdebate
, DeSantis boasted about a FL law banning the Chinese govt from buying property—but he failed to mention it also bans Chinese immigrants who’ve done nothing wrong. When politicians conflate the CCP w/ Chinese people, it only inflames anti-Asian racism.
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Our latest
#StopAAPIHate
National Report documents almost 11,000 incidents of anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander hate -- most submitted by women and girls. 🧵
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There's a common misperception an increase in law enforcement leads to a decrease in crime, but according to
@CynthiaChoi1
in her interview with
@LisZhou
, that isn't necessarily true. Read all about it in this
@VoxDotCom
article below 👇
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Stop AAPI Hate mourns the death of 14 year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton, a Black child who was chased, shot in the back and killed after being wrongly accused of shoplifting by Rick Chow, a gas station owner in Columbia, South Carolina. We wholly condemn this act of violence.🧵
A South Carolina convenience store owner has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Cyrus Carmack-Belton, a 14-year-old whom he falsely accused of shoplifting, chased and shot in the back on Sunday night, the authorities said.
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The last two years have shown that AAPI hate is on the rise. Our team conducted a national report to learn more about what reality looks like for many
#AAPIs
across the country. Here is what we learned [thread🧵⬇️]
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Our statement on
#JaahnaviKandula
: 23-year old Indian student Jaahnavi Kandula was a beloved daughter, friend, classmate, and so much more. We’re outraged by the vile remarks of the Seattle police officer who cruelly said “she had limited value.”
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We condemn this hate-fueled attack on a Sikh teen, which happened just a day after Palestinian American child
#Wadea
Al-Fayoume was murdered in an anti-Muslim attack. Remember: After 9/11, Sikh Americans—who are mostly South Asian and not Muslim—were also victims of Islamophobia.
THREAD: The Sikh Coalition is aware of—and deeply disturbed by—an apparent hate-motivated attack on a Sikh teen on a NYC bus yesterday. Per reporting, the assailant insulted and attempted to tear off the young man's turban and punched him repeatedly.
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East Asian and South Asian solidarity is " a collective organizing principle," according to
@KulkarniManju
, of
@A3PCON
and Stop AAPI Hate In other words, "how can we have more power, and how can we work in unison, on essentially issues that impact us all?”
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In a survey published over the weekend,
@NYTimes
journalists identified 110 hate incidents with clear evidence of racial motivation, using law enforcement data and media reports from across the country. Read more about their findings in their report here:
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On their shared birthday, we're celebrating two giants in civil rights and racial justice: Yuri Kochiyama and Malcolm X. Their friendship and unrelenting fight for communities of color models cross-racial solidarity at its best and makes our movement possible.
#HeritageMonth
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Stop AAPI Hate is in solidarity with the loved ones of Tyre Nichols and the Black community in
#Memphis
and beyond. We are outraged & we are once again reminded that our fight for safer communities cannot be won until we put an end to police violence and institutional violence.
For Tyre Nichols and so many others, it's past time we invested in our communities and not the systems that senselessly take people from them.
#KeepCommunitiesSafe
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Today’s passage of the COVID-19
#HateCrimesAct
is a step forward in ending anti-Asian hate.
#StopAsianHate
#StopAAPIHate
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Our statement in response to the hate-fueled murder of six-year-old
#Wadea
Al-Fayoume in Plainfield, Illinois:
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The past two weeks have left us heartbroken. In Buffalo, a fatal mass shooting at a supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood. In Laguna Woods, a shooting at a Taiwanese church that left one dead. In Dallas, another shooting in a Koreatown salon. 🧵
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AAPIs have contended with and fought against hate for centuries. Today,
#StopAAPIHate
is debuting our latest project: a historical timeline depicting the past and present of racism and racial justice within our communities. View the full timeline below.
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To the school administrators who ask us how to address anti-Asian racism on campus: you can start by holding accountable faculty members like this, who mock and dehumanize
#AsianAmericans
for amusement. This behavior fuels anti-Asian hate.
WTF. Can’t get more racist than this
@PurdueNorthwest
administrator. Who is this person?
#AntiAsianHate
#StopAsianHate
@AcademicChatter
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Yesterday, the U.S. instituted a Covid testing requirement singling out travelers coming from China — even after public health officials have pointed out such policies will not stop the spread. This is alarming news. Keep reading to learn why. 🧵
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1 in 5 AAPIs have experienced racial discrimination in the last twelve months according to our latest research.
That is the equivalent of 5 million individuals -- or 3 times the AAPI population of New York State.
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We join more than 40 other Asian American organizations in the Bay Area in denouncing the violence against our communities and demanding action. Collectively, we are holding a press conference this morning.
#StopAAPIHate
This morning at 10 am, we, along with many other Bay Area Asian American organizations, will be hosting a press conference demanding action concerning the recent violence against our communities. We will drop the link when it goes live.
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We are shaken by the news of the murder of Christina Lee in Chinatown. We cannot imagine the pain her loved ones are feeling right now. And we are also angry on behalf of our AAPI communities — and especially AAPI women.
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This week, an Asian woman was injured after a man pushed her onto the subway tracks in an unprovoked attack in Manhattan, NY. We send strength to the victim as she recovers, and we acknowledge the fear many Asian people in the U.S. feel hearing this news.
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Today, on what would be his 96th birthday, we’re remembering
#CesarChavez
who, in partnership with Dolores Huerta, Philip Vera Cruz & Larry Itliong, mobilized Filipino & Latino farmworkers in a nationwide fight for fair wages, safe working conditions, and key labor rights.
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Above all, please remember to support your Asian American friends, colleagues, neighbors, and community members. It’s been a difficult two days for many of us — and it is up to all of us to help each other heal and recover.
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We stand with the Black community in acknowledging accountability for Chauvin, mourning the murder of George Floyd, and pushing for structural reforms to dismantle racism in the criminal justice system.
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For far too long, Asian Americans have been made to feel ashamed of who we are and where we come from. We are inspired by
@MichelleLiTV
's courage in speaking up and encouraging others to do the same
#VeryAsian
#StopAAPIHate
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AAPIs in Seattle are fearful and traumatized after a man used a sledgehammer to smash in the windows of Wing Luke Museum — which exhibits AAPI art and culture — all because of his racist and baseless belief that “the Chinese ruined [his] life”. 🧵
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Today is the 11th anniversary of a horrific act of hate against a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Today, we honor those lost and stand in solidarity with Sikhs everywhere, because no one should have to have to live in fear in their house of worship.
#RememberingOakCreek
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According our national report on anti-AAPI hate incidents following the COVID-19 pandemic, 21% of incidents involved "shunning" or avoidance. If something like this has happened to you, share your experience at .
#StopAAPIHate
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This morning, Stop AAPI Hate issued new data, indicating 9,000+ reports of anti-AAPI hate since last March — almost half of which included anti-China sentiment.
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We’re appalled that Pelosi used an anti-Asian slur against protestors. Whether or not her allegations of their connections to China or Russia are true, this type of rhetoric is rattling for many Asians in America who have been threatened with the same racist phrase.
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During the Delano Grape Strike of 1965, Filipino and Mexican farmworkers joined together to demand higher wages and safer working conditions, in a powerful example of cross-racial solidarity and coalition-building.
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Stop AAPI Hate stands with
@sikh_coalition
in demanding the Indianapolis FedEx shooting be investigated as a possible hate crime.
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"The co-founders believed if they didn’t document these incidents, there would be “a tendency to minimize, to suggest this was not serious to Asian American communities.”" Learn about how we got started in this
@NBCAsianAmerica
story by
@VictoriaNamkung
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Stop AAPI Hate condemns the baseless comments made by Rep.
@lancegooden
on Fox News questioning
@repjudychu
’s loyalty to the United States for the simple fact that she is a Chinese American. 🧵
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill mandating AAPI history in Florida public schools. But this is no victory for AAPIs, as state lawmakers attack Black history and DEI programs — and pass racist legislation singling out and banning Chinese immigrants from owning land.
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Please join us in taking a moment of silence to remember the lives of those we lost in the
#Atlanta
spa shootings two years ago today. For many Asian Americans, this anniversary takes us back to that dark day – and for those in Atlanta especially, the mourning continues. 🧵
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Thank you
@swarovski
for allowing us to share our voice in the movement to
#StopAAPIHate
and help raise awareness for this important issue in the middle of
#TimesSquare
.
#StopAAPIHate
#StopAsianHate
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We must invest in education, outreach, and more holistic solutions to combating hate in schools and places of businses. Check out our report to learn more.
#StopAAPIHate
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So far, 2023 has been a devastating year for Asian Americans, with acts of violence impacting communities nationwide.
If you want to help victims and survivors on the road to recovery, here are a few resources to get you started. 🧵
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#OnThisDay
, Congress repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act—allowing thousands of Chinese Americans to regain the right to citizenship & make the U.S. their home. 80 years later, the anti-Asian sentiment that fueled this racist policy still persists today. 🧵
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The Pacific Islanders of the U.S. territories have been historically overlooked, even as they grapple with the after-effects of colonialism. For
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
, we’re spotlighting them, including the communities and the racist history behind their “unincorporated” status.
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Right now AAPI youth are scared, angry and grief-stricken from the rise of hate. They deserve all of our support for the work they bravely do to advocate for themselves and their communities, even as they bear this burden.
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We are honored to be included in the
#TIME100
2021 list.
#StopAAPIHate
would not be possible without the strength and bravery of our respondents. To all those who have taken a stand against racial injustice, thank you. your work has not gone unnoticed.
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A new report from
@NYUSilver
@NariXYoo
suggests people in swing states and Republican-majority states are more prone to stereotyping Asians in America as “foreigners” and have significant unconscious bias. Let’s unpack this.🧵
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From Japanese incarceration during World War II to the rise of Islamophobia post 9/11,
Asian Americans understand all too well the dangerous implications of national security programs — and what can happen when they go unchecked. 🧵
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Hate is a nuanced issue, but sometimes on social media, that nuance is lost. "We need to not be reactive, and understand all this in a broader context, but nobody wants to hear that in the wake of another elder being killed," said Cofounder
@CynthiaChoi
of
@CAASanFrancisco
.
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Read the full story about the AAPI movement and how we can move forward together, by
@DavidNakamura
in the
@WashingtonPost
.
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(1/4) New report: our latest research on the impact of COVID-19 related racism on the mental health of Asians and Pacific Islanders shows that the victims and survivors of hate are more stressed about racism than the pandemic itself. More at
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