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Jay Leno delivered an apology for the racist jokes he has made throughout his career about Asians, per Variety. In a joint press conference with Guy Aoki, leader of the activist group Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA), Leno explained that since he considered those jokes to be harmless at the time, the comedian frequently spurned anyone who was critical […]
Police in Diamond Bar, California announced that they’ve opened up a hate crime investigation into a man who drove past several people that were protesting violence against Asian Americans, BuzzFeed News reports. The incident, which started as demonstrators crossed the street at a crosswalk in front of his car, also saw him yelling “F*ck China!” at […]
People across the country gathered on Saturday for vigils and protests to fight the surging violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, following last week’s fatal shootings at Atlanta-based spas. The incident left eight people dead, six of whom were women of Asian descent. The Wall Street Journal reports that hundreds of demonstrators met near […]
A Georgia official is facing mounting backlash over his alleged anti-Asian Facebook posts. Jay Baker of Georgia’s Cherokee County Sheriff’s office has been accused of promoting racist, xenophobic graphic tees that read: “COVID-19 imported virus from CHY-NA.” The posts featured several close-up images of the shirt designs as well as the print shop where they could be […]
The distribution of white supremacist propaganda surged across the U.S. last year, as shown in a new annual report from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). “Hate propaganda is a tried-and-true tactic for white supremacists, and this on the ground activity is now higher than we’ve ever previously recorded,” Jonathan A. Greenblatt, CEO of ADL, said in […]
Jeremy Lin is speaking up about the rise in Asian hate crimes, which have spiked following the COVID-19 pandemic. The Santa Cruz Warriors guard took to Instagram to further discuss the subject, after having appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area’s segment, Race in America: A Candid Conversation. He also suggested he’s been called names during games. […]
POV is a recurring first-person column wherein Complex employees have the opportunity to express their unique perspectives on an array of topics. In this column, Shirley Lim (Executive Assistant/Social Media Coordinator with First We Feast) addresses the controversy surrounding The Mahjong Line. The Mahjong Line, a Dallas-based company owned by three white women, began its “About […]
Violent hate crimes against Asian Americans are on the rise in the U.S. and have been for quite some time now. Back in March of 2020, a New York Times piece—featuring interviews with nearly two dozen people—took a hard look at the hate many Chinese Americans were facing while then-president Donald J. Trump repeatedly insisted on […]
A white man from Nebraska was arrested Saturday and charged with making terroristic threats, with a hate crime enhancement, after he threatened a fellow resident, a Black woman, with a chainsaw, per the Kansas City Star. The incident occurred at around 1:30 p.m. when Daniel Stueck confronted the woman, who has been identified by Newsweek […]
According to a press release put out on Monday by the FBI, reported hate crimes in America in 2019 reached the highest level they’ve been at since 2008. Data collected from participating law enforcement agencies pinned the total number of crimes meeting the criteria at 7,314, which (again) reaches the highest total since 7,783 such crimes were recorded […]
