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At the desert site of an internment camp in California, an 86-year-old man leads tours of what was home to him and 10,000 other Japanese-Americans during World War II.

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A Japanese-American internment camp, called Manzanar, in California in July 1942. Credit Hulton Archive/Getty Images

I first read the word "Manzanar" when I was about 8 years old. It was in a book that a teacher gave me as a parting gift when my family left San Francisco for Upper Arlington, Ohio. "In case you ever feel alone," she said.

I return to Ohio once a year for the Fourth of July. I spent most of this week tearing apart my childhood room, sifting through dusty boxes and shelves in search of that book, " Amelia's Notebook," by Marissa Moss.

It's a first-person story of a girl who moved away from California. In a sequel, Amelia described a family trip in which she first visited Manzanar: "It was like a camp for war prisoners, only these people weren't enemy soldiers, just regular people - kids even!"

"I can't believe it really happened," Amelia said, "but you can still see some guard posts and a cemetery with Japanese writing on the gravestones ... But no one ever told me."

I forgot about Manzanar until 10th grade. It was 2004; George W. Bush had just been re-elected, the second battle of Falluja raged in Iraq, and the United States was contending with post-9/11 Islamophobia.

After a brief lesson on Executive Order 9066, which led to the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, our American studies class voted that the decision was ultimately the right one. The country had to make wartime sacrifices in the name of national security, my classmates reasoned.

A list of Japanese-Americans who were held at Manzanar is kept at the site's visitor center. Credit James Tensuan for The New York Times

I remember staring at my desk, face burning and not daring to look up. As the only Asian-American in that 50-student class, I wasn't about to raise my hand.

The Zeiglers - the husband-and-wife team who taught the class - were swift and unequivocal in their response. They told us that they were very disappointed; that the decision had since been universally condemned, and the United States had apologized and compensated survivors in 1988. "Maybe it's because of everything that's going on right now," Ms. Zeigler said, shaking her head in dismay.

Last week, the Supreme Court took the Zeiglers' view, tossing out the 1944 Court ruling that had upheld the internments.

I was surprised that we were even learning about Japanese internment. It was the first time I had heard the subject being discussed, and I was also acutely aware that some of my classmates had tugged at the corners of their eyelids to greet me when we were younger. And yet we sat side by side, looking together at archival images of signs that read "Japs keep moving - this is a white man's neighborhood."

In my mind, it was a uniquely American story. Most of those who were interned were American citizens, like myself: born and raised in the United States, but considered the enemy because of how they looked. It wasn't my experience, or my family's, as Korean-Americans. But by studying others' lives, we learned of a collective past that tenuously connected us to a present that we struggled to understand.

Mas Okui, who was sent to Manzanar with his family when he was 10 years old, guiding a tour at the nearby Eastern California Museum in Independence, Calif., in April. Credit James Tensuan for The New York Times

After World War II ended, the prisoners scattered. Some headed east, wanting to put the camps behind them. Others returned to the West Coast and tried to pick up where they had left off, but had trouble resettling, acting as if nothing had happened.

Then there are those, like Mas Okui, whose "search for a defining experience which shaped Japanese-American identity led them to Manzanar." Mr. Okui was sent to the camp with his family when he was 10 years old. Born and raised in the Los Angeles area, he returned home after his release and taught high school history and social studies for decades. One of his assignments was to require students to interview a person who had lived through an important event in history.

Mr. Okui, 86, now educates visitors to Manzanar. "I felt it was incumbent on me, and I'll do it as long as I can," he told me as I recently joined one of his tours. Maybe we revisit the past to better understand ourselves and to help shape a better future. And maybe we do so by returning to the places that have been instrumental in forming who we are.

Near the end of my stay in Ohio, I went for a run, past a neighbor's sign urging passers-by to "Make America Great Again." As I retraced the familiar path home, I looped back, cutting across a lawn and nearly stumbling into another yard sign. It read: "No matter where you are from, we're glad you're our neighbor."
In our interactive story, Mr. Okui leads a tour of Manzanar [Visit]
Inyoung Kang is an editor on the news desk at The Times.

Inyoung Kang is an editor and producer based in New York. @inyoungk

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WHO's situation report for 30 January reported 7818 total confirmed cases worldwide, with the majority of these in China, and 82 cases reported in 18 countries outside China. WHO gave a risk assessment of very high for China, and high at the global level.

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For the organization which tracks hate statistics, see Stop AAPI Hate.

Stop Asian Hate
Part of the 2020–2022 United States racial unrest and Asian American activism

A rally held in New York City on March 19, 2021

Date

March 13, 2021 – present
(1 year, 2 months and 2 weeks)

Location

United States, Canada

Caused by

Killing of Vicha Ratanapakdee

2021 Atlanta spa shootings

Xenophobia and racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic

Goals | End hate crimes against Asian Americans

Methods

Protest

Vigil

Status | Ongoing

Stop Asian Hate is a slogan and the name of a series of demonstrations, protests, and rallies against violence targeting Asians and Asian Americans that were held across the United States in 2021 in response to racial discrimination against Asian Americans relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Many rallies occurred in the wake of a mass shooting that occurred at three Atlanta spas in which eight people were killed, six of whom were women of Asian descent. However, the movement first began to gain traction after the killing of Vicha Ratanapakdee nearly two months earlier.

Background[edit]

The COVID-19 pandemic, which was first reported in the city of Wuhan, in Hubei province of China, has led to a perceived increase in racism against Asians and Asian Americans. According to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino[2] and Stop AAPI Hate, there has been an increase in crimes against Asians since 2019. For instance, the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism reported that hate crimes against Asians increased by 150% in 2020, and Stop AAPI Hate received 3,795 discriminatory incident reports in the first year of the pandemic.[3][4][5] Research from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism further found that anti-Asian hate crimes rose by 339% in 2021, when compared to 2020,[6] while police in San Francisco reported a 567% increase in anti-Asian hate crimes that year.[7]

A Pew Research study found that 58% of Asian Americans believed that racist views had increased towards them during the pandemic.[8] Along with this, 45% of Asian adults say they have experienced at least one of five specific offensive incidents since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] A study by the New York University College of Arts & Science found that there was no overall increase of Anti-Asian sentiment among the American population; instead, it suggested that "already prejudiced persons" had felt authorized by the pandemic to act openly on their prejudices.[10]

On March 16, 2021, a mass shooting occurred at three spas in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Although the shooter has not been charged with a hate crime, a significant number of commentators have characterized it as such, as of the eight people killed, six were Asian women, and the shootings also took place at businesses with a high percentage of Asian staff members.[11] According to police, the shooter said he committed those murders because of a conflict between his sex addiction and religious beliefs.[12][13]

List of rallies in 2021[edit]

United States[edit]

Alabama[edit]

Athens: Dozens gathered at Lincoln Bridgeforth Park for a rally on March 28.[14]

Birmingham: Over a hundred people attended a candlelight vigil at Linn Park on March 21.[15]

Arizona[edit]

Chandler: More than 200 people gathered for a vigil on March 21 in Chandler.[16]

Mesa: A large group held a march against violence on March 27.[17]

Arkansas[edit]

Bentonville: Several dozen attended a vigil on March 27.[18]

California[edit]

Berkeley: Around 1,200 people held a march in West Berkeley on March 28.[19]

Carlsbad: Hundreds attended a rally on March 21 in Carlsbad.[20]

Diamond Bar: A rally was held on March 21. During the rally, a man drove his car at a group of people crossing the street, nearly hitting them, while yelling racial slurs and "Go back to China". In May 2022, a man was indicted on federal charges in connection with the incident.[21]

Los Angeles: On March 27, a solidarity march was held in Koreatown.[22]

Pacifica: About 90 people marched from Pacifica Community Center to Rockaway Beach on April 3.[23]

Sacramento: About 100 were present at a rally on March 27.[24]

San Diego: A rally was held at the Waterfront Park on March 19. Many young students spoke there.[25]

San Francisco: More than 1,500 people rallied in San Francisco on March 27.[26]

San Jose: More than 1000 protesters gathered at San Jose City Hall.[27]

San Rafael: On March 26, around 200 people held a rally at San Rafael City Plaza.[28]

Colorado[edit]

Denver: On March 20, more than a hundred people gathered in Little Saigon for a rally.[29]

Connecticut[edit]

New Haven: A rally was held on March 25 outside an Asian restaurant. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong spoke at the event.[30]

West Hartford: On March 19 a student-led protest with hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of West Hartford City Hall.[31]

Westport: A rally was held in Westport on March 27. State Senator Tony Hwang spoke at the event.[32]

District of Columbia[edit]

Washington, D.C.: Hundreds rallied at McPherson Square on March 21.[33]

Florida[edit]

Gainesville: About 200 protesters gathered at Bo Diddley Park on March 27.[34]

Miami: A 5 kilometer run at South Beach in honor of the Atlanta shooting victims was held on March 26.[35]

Tallahassee: About 100 people held a rally at the Florida State Capitol.[36]

Georgia[edit]

Atlanta: Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on March 20. Atlanta had been the site of several spa shootings earlier in the week.[37]

Doraville: A rally was held at a parking lot in Doraville, part of the Buford Highway, on March 28.[38]

Hawaii[edit]

Honolulu: A Stop Asian Hate rally was held at the Hawaii State Capitol.[39]

Idaho[edit]

Boise: A vigil was held on March 23 at the Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial for the victims of the Atlanta shooting.[40]

Illinois[edit]

Chicago: Hundreds marched from Grant Park to Chicago's Chinatown on March 27.[41]

Indiana[edit]

Fort Wayne: About 30 people protested on March 20.[42]

Indianapolis: Around a hundred people gathered at Monument Circle on March 27 for a rally.[43]

Iowa[edit]

Iowa City: On March 28, over a hundred people held a rally in downtown Iowa City.[44]

Kansas[edit]

Overland Park: Dozens gathered for a rally on March 27.[45]

Kentucky[edit]

Lexington: Around 400 people gathered on the University of Kentucky campus on March 24 to support Asian Americans.[46]

Maine[edit]

Portland: About 200 marched to Portland City Hall at a demonstration on March 27.[47]

Maryland[edit]

Columbia: Hundreds rallied at Columbia Lakefront on March 24.[48]

Protesters holding signs at the Columbia Lakefront in Columbia, Maryland, on March 24, 2021

Gaithersburg: A vigil and press conference was held at the Chinese Culture and Community Center on March 21.[33]

Silver Spring: A march was held in support on March 26 in Silver Spring.[49]

Massachusetts[edit]

Boston: A rally on March 13 organized by student Ryan Doan-Nguyen was held at Boston Common and included a march through the streets of Boston's Chinatown and a subsequent conclusion at the Massachusetts State House. The rally garnered hundreds of attendees. [50]

Boston: A rally was held along the route of the Boston Marathon on March 27. The rally used the route that included multiple communities along a 26.2-mile course between Hopkinton, Ashland, Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, Newton, Brookline, and Boston at Boston Common.[51]

Worcester: City Hall officials held a ceremony in support of the Asian-American community.[52]

Michigan[edit]

Detroit: Hundreds gathered at two rallies in Detroit on March 27.[53]

Minnesota[edit]

Saint Paul: Hundreds of people rallied at the Minnesota State Capitol on March 28.[54]

Missouri[edit]

Kansas City: A vigil with 100 people gathered at Mulberry Street on March 28.[55]

St. Louis: About 100 people gathered for a vigil on March 20.[56]

Nebraska[edit]

Omaha: A rally was held at Lakeside Hills Park on March 27.[57]

Nevada[edit]

Las Vegas/Spring Valley: A line of cars drove from the Las Vegas Strip to the Las Vegas Chinatown.[58]

Reno: About 50 people protested on March 27.[59]

New Hampshire[edit]

Concord: Hundreds including Latha Mangipudi and the mayors of Concord and Somersworth gathered at the New Hampshire State Capitol on 21 March[60]

Manchester: A large crowd gathered for a rally on 21 March.[61]

Portmouth: A crowd gathered for a rally on 23 March.[62]

New Jersey[edit]

Atlantic City: About 100 protesters rallied on March 26.[63]

Fort Lee: Around 700 protesters gathered on March 27.[64]

Leonia: Over 400 people gathered for a rally and vigil on March 26.[65]

Millburn: About 100 people for a vigil gathered on March 21.[66]

Princeton: More than 500 people gathered at Hinds Plaza in Princeton on March 27.[67]

Summit: On March 21, more than 400 people, including the mayor and police chief, rallied in Summit.[68]

Tenafly: About 800 protesters rallied on March 21.[69]

New Mexico[edit]

Albuquerque: About 100 people rallied in Civic Plaza on March 28.[70]

New York[edit]

Albany: A rally was held on March 22.[71]

Buffalo: Over 100 people rallied at Niagara Square on March 28.[72][73]

Hauppauge: Hundreds rallied outside the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge.[74]

New York City: A demonstration was held in Columbus Park, in Manhattan's Chinatown, in March.[75]

Scarsdale: A vigil was held on March 27.[76]

Syracuse: A vigil was held on March 21.[77]

North Carolina[edit]

Charlotte: About 100 gathered in Marshall Park on March 21 for a rally.[78]

Cornelius: About 60 people rallied on March 26.[79]

North Dakota[edit]

Fargo: Around 80 protesters marched on March 26.[80]

Ohio[edit]

Cincinnati: A rally was held on March 19.[81]

Cleveland: On March 28, a march was held to honor victims on anti-Asian violence.[82]

Columbus: Rallies were held in front of the Ohio State Capitol on March 20 and March 27.[83]

Dublin: A rally was held at Bridge Park in Dublin on March 27.[84]

Yellow Springs: small group protest March 27.[85]

Oklahoma[edit]

Oklahoma City: A vigil was held for the Atlanta shooting victims.[86]

Tulsa: A rally was held on March 25.[87]

Oregon[edit]

Portland: About 1000 people gathered for a rally on March 26.[88]

Pennsylvania[edit]

Lancaster: About 40 protesters gathered at Penn Square on March 27, 2021.[89]

Philadelphia: Hundreds rallied in Chinatown on March 28.[90]

Pittsburgh: More than a hundred people rallied in the Oakland region of Pittsburgh on March 24.[91]

State College: A small vigil was held at Penn State Old Main on March 23.[92]

Rhode Island[edit]

Providence: A few hundred rallied on April 3 at the Rhode Island State House.[93]

South Kingstown: Youth organized a rally with about 35 in attendance on April 3 in South Kingstown.[94]

South Carolina[edit]

Columbia: A few dozen rallied on March 27 at the South Carolina State House.[95]

Tennessee[edit]

Knoxville: A small vigil was held on March 19.[96]

Memphis: A small vigil was held March 19.[96]

Nashville: About 100 protested in rally on March 19 at Public Square.[96]

Texas[edit]

Plano: Hundreds attended a rally on March 27.[97]

Dallas: Hundreds attended a rally on March 27.[98]

Houston: Hundreds gathered for a vigil at Discovery Green on March 20.[99]

San Antonio: A small vigil was held on March 19.[100]

Utah[edit]

Salt Lake City: More than 100 people attended a rally at International Peace Gardens on March 27.[101]

Vermont[edit]

Burlington: 30 people rallied against anti-Asian violence on March 20.[102]

Virginia[edit]

Newport News: A rally was held on March 27:[103]

Richmond: A rally held in the Short Pump area on March 23.[104]

Staunton: A march was held in downtown on March 27.[105]

Washington[edit]

Seattle: A rally was held at the Seattle Center on March 27.[106]

Sequim: Around 30 people gathered in downtown Sequim to support Asian Americans.[107]

Spokane: About 150 people attended a rally on March 20.[108]

Wisconsin[edit]

Madison: Several hundred people marched through downtown Madison on March 18.[109][110]

Milwaukee: On March 18, a rally was held outside Milwaukee City Hall.[111]

Internationally[edit]

Canada[edit]

Calgary: About 100 people gathered on March 28.[112]

Edmonton: Dozens held small protest rally on March 27.[113]

London, Ontario: About 100 people gathered on March 26.[114]

Montreal: Thousands of people marched against anti-Asian racism on March 21, ending at Sun Yat-sen Park.[115]

Ottawa: A small vigil was held at Minto Park.[116]

Toronto: Thousands of people held a rally at Nathan Phillips Square on March 28.[117]

Vancouver: About 500 people held a rally outside Vancouver Art Gallery on March 28.[118]

Winnipeg: About 100 supporters rallied on March 27.[119]

Taiwan[edit]

Taipei: About 80 people gathered outside Taipei City Hall to protest on March 16.[120]

Netherlands[edit]

Amsterdam: About 200 people gathered at Museumplein in Amsterdam to protest on april 10.

See also[edit]

Stop AAPI Hate

Black Lives Matter

Idle No More

Anti-Chinese sentiment

Asian American activism

Model minority

Stereotypes of East Asians in the United States

Stereotypes of South Asians in the United States

Xenophobia and racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic

Yellow Peril

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AAPI leaders talk with President Biden about how he could speak up on AAPI hate
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Even before the deadly shootings at spas in the Atlanta area killed six women of Asian descent, President Biden had taken steps to address the recent surge of violence against Asians and Asian Americans by making forceful statements against hate and harassment, banning the federal government from employing the sort of "inflammatory and xenophobic" language used by his predecessor and tasking senior administration leaders to hold "listening sessions" with community leaders and advocates.

Now, with a sharp focus on the disturbing trend, Asian American and Pacific Islander community leaders are calling for concrete, measurable responses from Biden and his Justice Department.

"Right now, people are afraid to leave their homes," said Cynthia Choi, a co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate. "I think that basic denial of your sense of safety, it is a violation of our human rights. And I think that this does need to be taken seriously and urgently."

This week, Biden and Vice President Harris, the first Asian American elected to that position, refocused a trip planned to tout the benefits of the coronavirus relief package to instead meet with Asian American lawmakers and other community leaders in Georgia.

"Too many Asian Americans have been walking up and down the streets and worrying, waking up each morning the past year feeling their safety and the safety of their loved ones are stake," Biden said after the meeting. "They've been attacked, blamed, scapegoated and harassed."

"One thing that we know he does well is serve as a healer and a person that understands grief," said John Yang, of Asian Americans Advancing Justice. "A person that understands we must first center ourselves on the victims and their families and make sure that they are taken care of. That's certainly what our community is hoping for. And then, from there we talk about solutions."

There are a wide variety of proposed solutions aimed at curbing violence, many of which are focused on the role that the Justice Department could play. Attorney General Merrick Garland and other Justice Department officials have been meeting with leaders of Asian and Pacific Islander groups, including several meetings this week, according to multiple sources familiar with the meetings.

Gregg Orton, the national director of the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, said that when Biden releases his budget, it should significantly increase funding for programs at the Department of Justice that are designed to engage communities.

"We can have as many listening sessions as we'd like, and I think it's great that a department makes themselves available to that kind of engagement," Orton said. "But truly, until we reach the people on the ground and support not just the community organizers, but the communities themselves, it's difficult to see a lot of progress being made."

One of the areas that leaders say could benefit from increased funding is the Justice Department's Community Relations Service, which was established as a part of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

It provides communities dealing with racial or other tensions with professional mediators and other services to help resolve conflicts. In the past, the Community Relations Service has responded in moments like the 2014 protests in Ferguson, Mo., after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown or the 1992 LA riots, which occurred after white police officers were acquitted in the beating of Black motorist Rodney King.

"Their job is to interact with the community, and not in a law enforcement way, not a prosecutorial or criminal way," said Yang. "Rather, their job is to go to meet with community members and also serve as a bridge to bring different community members together."

A spokesperson for the Justice Department said that the Community Relations Service has been supporting AAPI communities since the start of the pandemic, including sharing best practices for responding to and preventing hate crimes, connecting people to government resources and helping to implement solutions identified by local community groups.
"Good data informs good policymaking"
On Capitol Hill, House lawmakers this week held a hearing on anti-Asian discrimination and violence, the first in several decades.

Democratic lawmakers are reintroducing legislation meant to bolster law enforcement's response to hate crimes against Asian Americans. Among other things, the bill would designate a Justice Department official to speed up the reviews of hate crimes reported to federal, state or local law enforcement. The bill's House sponsor, Democratic Rep. Grace Meng of New York, told NPR's All Things Considered that the goal "is really more education and accessible resources for our community."

Before departing for Georgia, Biden released a statement urging Congress to pass the legislation, noting that "every person in our nation deserves to live their lives with safety, dignity, and respect."

Meng and other Asian American leaders have also raised questions about the availability of good data tracking incidences of racially motivated violence. The group Stop AAPI Hate began collecting data on hate and harassment incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. last March. In a report released the day of the deadly shootings, the group said there had been nearly 3,800 such incidents between mid-March 2020 and the end of February this year.

"I think it's extremely important to understand that those who answered our survey said the primary reason why they came onto our site was to register a 'Me, too,' to say, 'This happened to me, this happened to my elderly parents while they were walking with my toddler,' " said Choi, the co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate. "They wanted to be a part of a collective voice."

Still, those figures are self-reported and anecdotal, and some AAPI leaders say that ultimately the infrastructure for reporting hate crimes in the country should be overhauled.

"Good data informs good policymaking," said Orton. "We simply can't expect the government to make decisions about program design and implementation of programs if they don't truly understand the communities that they're trying to protect."

Biden's January memorandum on combating racism and xenophobia against Asian Americans directs the attorney general to "expand collection of data and public reporting regarding hate incidents."

Democratic lawmakers are planning to reintroduce the No Hate Act, which would improve hate crime reporting, expand resources for victims and strengthen federal laws that combat hate speech and attacks.
"Give us a point person"
Jo-Ann Yoo, the executive director of the Asian American Federation, said it's also important that victims or witnesses of crimes receive culturally competent assistance in navigating the legal system.

"Some Asian elders, for instance, may not understand how a question is framed or the way law enforcement might ask a question. How we reach out needs to be done very differently," Yoo said. "It's not what we see on Law and Order. It needs to be very, very nuanced, so we need to have people working in DOJ who look like us, who speak our language, who understand the culture to be able to engage with all of those tools."

The Department of Justice has translated its hate crimes resources website and reporting portal into more languages, including Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese and Arabic.

For Shekar Narasimhan, the urgency around responding to anti-Asian harassment and violence underscores why he believes it's critical that Biden's administration reflect the diversity of the nation. Narasimhan, the chairman of the AAPI Victory Fund, has been bringing up the need for more Asian representation in Biden's Cabinet and wants the Justice Department to name an official focused specifically on these issues.

"Give us a point person, so every month we can have a briefing. That person can talk to us about what they've learned, what's going on and some questions," said Narasimhan. "And we'll bring together people from other communities that tend not to get listened to."

The Department of Justice has not named a point person on these issues. But a department spokesperson says it has more meetings planned with AAPI lawmakers and leaders.

Narasimhan said recent events underscore the need for the Senate to confirm the civil rights lawyer Vanita Gupta, Biden's pick to serve in the Justice Department's third-highest job.

"You need a person at a very senior level who has access to resources," he said. "She comes with the body of knowledge and work and sensitivity to start addressing this tomorrow morning."

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subscribe to The NPR Politics Podcast podcast Even before the deadly shootings at spas in the Atlanta area killed six women of Asian descent, President Biden had taken steps to address the recent surge of violence against Asians and Asian Americans by making forceful statements against hate and harassment, banning the federal government from employing the sort of "inflammatory and xenophobic" language used by his predecessor and tasking senior administration leaders to hold "listening sessions" with community leaders and advocates.

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66-year-old man attacked in Manhattan in an unprovoked assault
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CHINATOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- A 66-year-old Asian man was punched in the face Saturday in Manhattan.

It happened just before 9 a.m. on Allen Street in Chinatown.

The latest incident makes it the 14th unprovoked attack impacting the Asian community in New York City.

Police say the victim was approached by an unknown male individual who began yelling at him and then struck him in the face with a closed fist.

The victim suffered swelling and bruising to the left side of his face and refused medical attention at the scene.

The unknown individual fled southbound on Allen Street to eastbound Stanton Street.

Authorities are on the lookout for a single suspect, about 5'7, 30 to 40 years old, wearing a brown jacket grey hoodie and black pants.

The suspect is believed to be homeless, seen carrying a white blanket.

Another round of rallies took place Sunday across the city amid the uptick in crimes against the Asian community.

In Chinatown, hundreds gathered, both supporters and victims rallying for change and standing up against hate.

That is -- after a rash of vicious attacks on the Asian American community here in New York City and around the country.

The message today: they are American and have the right, just like anyone else living here, to be respected and live here peacefully.

They packed Columbus Park. Victims of Asian American hate crimes and supporters from all walks of life, stood together remembering all the recent lives lost to hate crimes.

They want respect and more inclusion, but most of all, they want peace.

The rash in crimes against the Asian American community has also caused fear in many families as we all search for solutions to get rid of the hate.

Many rallied in Foley Square Saturday morning, demanding change and for these attacks to be addressed as hate crimes.
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On Friday, a man was attacked inside a 1 train in Lower Manhattan on Friday afternoon.

According to police, the incident was unproved with no words were exchanged.

A witness, who was sitting across from the man assaulted, says a demeaning and offensive Asian slur was used during attack.

At this time, it is not being investigated as a hate crime.

Also Friday, a Good Samaritan was attacked while trying to stop a group of teenagers from harassing an Asian American owner of a laundromat in Brooklyn.

Michael Chang, the owner of Waverly Wu Laundry in Clinton Hill says the teens have been harassing him for months. He says he is very concerned, not only because of the rise in Asian American hate crimes, but this time the teens became violent.

Later Sunday, there will be another rally in Chinatown to show support for the Asian community.

MORE NEWS: Video shows gunman walk into 1 of 3 spas before deadly Atlanta shootings

The event starts at 1 p.m. in Columbus Park.

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66-year-old Asian man attacked in Manhattan in unprovoked assault; rallies held

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CHINATOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- A 66-year-old Asian man was punched in the face Saturday in Manhattan. It happened just before 9 a.m. on Allen Street in Chinatown. The latest incident makes it the 14th unprovoked attack impacting the Asian community in New York City.

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Washington teenager arrested for attack on Asian couple caught on video
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The 15-year-old suspect was charged with second-degree assault.

A 15-year-old has been arrested for allegedly assaulting an Asian couple in an attack caught on video in Washington state.

The Tacoma Police Department announced Friday that a male teen was arrested and charged with second-degree assault in connection to the attack on a Korean-American couple on Nov. 19, 2020.

Video of the attack, where the teen appears to punch an Asian man, 56, repeatedly as the woman with him looks frantic, circulated on social media recently. The suspect was 14 at the time, according to local ABC affiliate KOMO.

The arrest comes amid a spate of rising attacks against Asian Americans.

Police said they received a report about the video of the attack on March 31 and asked the public for information regarding the incident.

On Thursday a family member of the victims in the video contacted police, officials said.

The victims did not know video of the assault was recorded, police said.

Investigators used the video to identify the suspect and realized he was scheduled to show up on Friday for a detention review hearing for an unrelated robbery charge and officers took him into custody at the courthouse, police said to KOMO.

The attack on the Asian couple has not immediately been classified as a hate crime. The suspect has not been named because he is a minor.

From March 19, 2020, to Feb. 28, 2021, there were more than 3,795 hate incidents, including verbal harassment and physical assault, against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States, reported to Stop AAPI Hate, a nonprofit organization that tracks such incidents.

On March 16, a gunman killed eight people, including six Asian women, in three separate shootings at spas in the Atlanta area.

The attack, and other acts of violence against the Asian community, have sparked rallies in dozens of U.S. cities in recent weeks calling for an end to anti-Asian violence.

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Washington teenager arrested for attack on Asian couple caught on video

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The 15-year-old suspect was charged with second-degree assault. A 15-year-old has been arrested for allegedly assaulting an Asian couple in an attack caught on video in Washington state. The Tacoma Police Department announced Friday that a male teen was arrested and charged with second-degree assault in connection to the attack on a Korean-American couple on Nov.

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Gay couple harrassed in downtown San Francisco
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A man harassed a gay couple with racist insults in San Francisco this weekend, leading them to seek shelter in a hotel, videos of the event show.

"I'm not racist. I served this goddamn country," the man, wearing a blue jacket and shorts, shouts at the couple in the videos. "So I'm not racist. I don't like you f-king Asian motherf-kers in my country."

KTVU reporter Henry Lee obtained footage of the incident, which took place on 7th and Market streets Sunday afternoon.

Clips shared on Twitter and with KTVU show the man hurling insults at the couple as they walk down the street.

"I'm going to whoop your f-king ass and his f-king worthless ass," he tells the couple in the video, later adding, "Your mother was worthless because she didn't abort your sorry ass."

"I don't like you motherf-kers," he shouts. "You better back the f-k up!"

One of the victims and a witness at the scene recorded the incident, which ended just outside of the San Francisco Proper.

"You can call 911 all you want, you motherf-ker," he tells them in the video, as the couple enters the hotel to escape the harassment.

"You Asian piece of s-t!" he shouted at them before the recording began, KTVU reported.

In a second recording of the incident, another witness approaches the man as he walks away, wanting to talk. "Hey brother," the witness says, to which the harasser replies, "I'm not your brother."

San Francisco police did not immediately respond to a request for comment from SFGATE.

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'You Asian piece of s-t': Gay couple harassed in downtown SF

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A man harassed a gay couple with racist insults in San Francisco this weekend, leading them to seek shelter in a hotel, videos of the event show. "I'm not racist. I served this goddamn country," the man, wearing a blue jacket and shorts, shouts at the couple in the videos.

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A 61 year-old Asian woman was brutally assaulted
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