HATE CRIMES

The coronavirus pandemic has caused an increase in prevalence

of hate crimes against the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. The origin of the coronavirus has also caused a major increase in xenophobia toward AAPI citizens. 

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WHAT IS XENOPHOBIA?

According to Oxford Languages, xenophobia is "dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries."

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CORONAVIRUS' IMPACT ON AAPI

The coronavirus (also known as COVID-19, or COVID) pandemic has caused a turmoil of hatred toward AAPI, with hate crimes including verbal and physical assault. Because coronavirus originated in China, many Americans have accused Asian Americans of causing COVID, simply because of their physical appearance. Featured below are a few hate crimes that occurred over the past couple of years.

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UPDATE ON HATE CRIMES

According to the Los Angeles Times (Published June 27, 2023, Updated June 28, 2023), Anti-Asian hate crimes fell to 140 in 2022, a decrease of 43.3% and the first year-over-year drop since 2018 in California. Though change has been made and numbers have decreased, hate crimes against "virtually any demographic group (Source: Los Angeles Times)", are still prevalent currently. Learn ways to combat racism here.