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Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, hate-related incidents directed towards Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders have risen drastically. According to Stop Asian-American and Pacific Islander Hate, an advocacy group working to raise awareness about the issue, 2,538 have been documented since March. The group, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, says incidents are self-reported, as well as taken from news reports across the country. “Surveys have shown that over three-quarters of Asian Americans are aware and fear racial bias at the moment,†said Russell Jeung, a professor of Asian-American Studies at San Francisco State University, who tracks the incidents for Stop...
