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Recently, there has been a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes in the US. A “Slap an Asian Challenge” on social media has even led to the targeting of the Asian elderly and Asian women. Based on a study by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, while there has been a 7% decrease overall in hate crimes in the US from 2019 to 2020, those targeting Asians increased by 149%. 3,795 anti-Asian hate incidents were also received by the Stop AAPI (Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders) Hate Reporting Center between 19 March 2020 and 28 February 2021. Over...
