Acting Against AAPI Hate Crimes
Anisha Menath '21, image from stopaapihate.org COVID-19 has revealed some of the largest inequities and injustices that have always existed within our country. Most recently, on March 16th, a man entered a small business and killed 8 people. 6 of the people who were murdered identified as Asian women. This hate crime, although an individual situation in Atlanta, Georgia, is not an isolated situation and shows the rise in anti-Asian violence due to COVID-19. According to the STOP AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) National Report there have been 3,795 reports of anti-Asian hate crimes in the past year. This…