Stop Asian Hate: Resources
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[TW: This article discusses several sensitive issues such as sexual assault, racism, and violence]
On Wednesday, March 26th, 2021 a man reportedly went to three different spas in Atlanta, Georgia, and shot and killed eight people. Out of the eight killed, six people were Asian women; the man told the police he was trying to eliminate his “temptation” which was caused by a “sexual addiction.”
The attack has sprouted further conversations about the rise in hate crimes towards Asians over the past year. In a study performed by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, it was found that in 2020 the number of Anti-Asian hate crimes rose by almost 150% in the 16 of the largest cities, while the number of overall hate crimes dropped by 7%. In some cities, the rise of these crimes was even more exorbitant, such as in New York where they rose by 833%.
The rise of these attacks is partly attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, with influential political figures publicly blaming the global disaster on China and continuously calling it “Kung-flu.”
If you want to help the community, one thing you can do is support or donate to the many organizations currently working to help out the AAPI community.
We have gathered some organizations here:
- AAPI Women Lead
- About Us – API Legal Outreach
- Alliance of South Asians Taking Action
- American Asian Women’s Association
- Arizona South Asians for Safe Families, a non-profit org
- Asian American Federation
- Asian Counseling and Referral Service
- Asian Pacific Fund
- Asian Prisoner Support Committee
- ASPIRE
- Bay Rising
- Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association: CMAA Lowell
- Chinese Progressive Association
- Chinese-American Family Coalition
- Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community
- Desert Diwata
- Filippino Community Center
- Fundraiser by Drue Kataoka: benefit Asian American Federation Inc.
- HANA Center Chicago
- National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
- National Organization of Asians and Pacific Islanders Ending Sexual Violence
- Red Canary Song
- Welcome to Chinatown