Anti-Asian hate incident reports nearly doubled in March, new data says

Spencer Platt / Getty Images fileNew data on anti-Asian hate incidents reveals some startling increases in reports this year.

According to the data, which spanned incidents from March 19, 2020, to March 31, 2021, verbal harassment made up the vast majority of reports at 65 percent. Shunning, defined as the “deliberate avoidance of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders,” was the second most common form of discrimination at 18 percent, while physical assault comprised the third largest category at 13 percent.

While previous reports released by Stop AAPI Hate showed businesses as the primary settings for acts of discrimination, the newest numbers reflected a shift toward streets and parks, where 38 percent of incidents, the largest share, took place. Jeung said it further showed how the slow return to normalcy could affect Asian Americans.

Jeung also noted that in these states, there are many Asian Americans who live in dense, low-income urban areas, that are experiencing high rates of crime in general during the pandemic, which likely corresponds with the higher rates of reporting. In December, Law enforcement reported a 30 percent increase in homicides in Los Angeles, while New York City experienced an almost 40 percent jump from the year before.

While there’s been an increased awareness around anti-Asian incidents, there’s a possibility that the way in which many graphic attacks are circulated could, in part, lead to “copycat” crimes as well as a continuation of these attacks, Jeung fears. He added that it's the media's responsibility to help mitigate such occurrences and instead inspire more unity by including the broader context in which these incidents occur.

Hey NBC News what about us black folks have you forgotten about that how come we can't get special laws to protect us

Why should I care the Asian community never done nothing for black people but Charles does high prices in their stores and crap and shoot us in the head as we leave why should I care

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