UCLA, Anti-Hate Group to Address Impact of COVID-19 on Asian-Americans

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The UCLA Asian American Studies Center and a coalition combating hate against Asian American Pacific Islander communities have received $1.4 million in state funding to address the impact of COVID-19 on those communities, including new research and analysis into hate incidents, the university announced today . "COVID-19 has had devastating and disparate impacts on many Asian American and Pacific Islander communities alongside other communities of color,” said Karen Umemoto, holder of the Helen and Morgan Chu Endowed Director’s Chair of the Asian American Studies Center. "With this funding, we can produce research to help with more…