“Hate and violence against Asian Americans has been developing for months since the pandemic, leading experts to blame insecurity and fear upon by the pandemic to rationalize the increased discrimination and xenophobia. In the past, there is a long history of diseases and outbreaking being used to rationalize xenophobic behavior, and the current pandemic reflects that historic trend. Advocates for the Asian American-Pacific Islander community are calling for more to be done to address the current violence against Asian Americans, a community in which racist crimes have been historically underreported in America.”

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