Anti-Asian American Hate Crimes in the US: Statistics and Stories – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth


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For the past few years, the fastest growing demographic group stateside was also becoming one of the highest profile targets for opportunistic hate crimes. Asian Americans have long been subjected to bias in the United States. But anti-Asian bias attacks have taken a more violent turn since COVID became a reality for Americans under a president bent on scapegoating Asians for the pandemic . The hurdle to keep families safe from COVID-19 while keeping the most vulnerable from physical harm became a particular burden on that community. That communal burden became a national reckoning as the murder of six women...