This Campaign Maps the Rising Number of Anti-Asian Hate Incidents

Multicultural firm Admerasia created the project to track hate attacks on Asian Americans

The new data tracking project maps reported hate incidents since Feb. 1. Racism is Contagious/Admerasia

April 8, 2020

Key Insights:

The FBI said it is taking threats against Asian Americans seriously.
Mapping the incidents helps track the spread of hate similarly to tracking the spread of COVID-19.

In the past two weeks, Stop AAPI Hate, a project to track hate crimes against Asian Americans, has received a stunning 1,135 reports of targeted harassment and abuse.

Mary Emily O'Hara

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