A Brief Message on Preventing AAPI Hate
By Matilda Fletcher
Throughout COVID-19, the number violence acts of hate against the AAPI community have risen substantially. Among the people targeted, around 65% were women. This displays the sexism that also lurks in the harassers. They believe women are weaker and can’t fight back. The AAPI community is in more danger now than it has been in a long time.
Stop AAPI hate website:
AAPI heritage website:
https://asianpacificheritage.gov/
CNN article about Vice President Harris talking about AAPI hate:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/17/politics/kamala-harris-aapi-summit/index.html
CNN article about AAPI vaccination rates
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/07/us/nyc-aapi-vaccination-data/index.html
NPR transcript from Code Switch about
Originally published 6/2021
