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The hate toward people of Asian and African descent has gone on far too long and needs to come to an end. If there is no change made, these communities will continue to live in fear, face unfair physical and verbal abuse, and will keep being attacked for something that they cannot control.

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Although many believe that social media has positive effects on adolescents, change is necessary in order to make it safer for teens. People must realize that social media is negatively impacting teens' physical health, mental health, and body image.

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Anti-Asian Hate crimes have a long history and they need to come to an end before they have a long future. In the past year, there has been an increase in the number of these hate crimes, Asian Americans are repeatedly blamed for events in history, and people with high followings are publicly ignorant towards this issue.

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While many believe that social media is good the way it is, social media companies must take charge to help reduce the negative effects of social media addiction. This is causing teens to suffer from cyberbullying, mental health issues, and eating disorders

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Social media has become a significant part of a teen’s life, and is causing many effects on teens. While many do not understand this, social media needs to be changed because it is causing many mental health problems, an increase in cyberbullying, and is becoming an addiction.

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Many people address different issues in the world, but racism may be the biggest one that divides us as humans. The most severe problem of racism is that numerous Asian and African Americans are getting killed because of the color of their skin, race, ect. Asians and African Americans are being abused physically and verbally, and are losing opportunities that could change their life for the better.

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While many people believe that social media is a safe place, more must be done to protect teenagers from the harmful effects that social media can have. People can no longer deny the fact that social media is harmful because social media has been linked to cyber bullying cases, problems with body image, and negatively impacting the mental health of teens.

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Though many people are satisfied with how their police department responds, more laws need to be passed to ensure that officers are held accountable for their horrible actions. This is based on the fact that police brutality against Black Americans has been an ongoing issue, Black people continue to be wounded and killed by officers, and these officers are having an unfair bias towards this community, impacting how they respond in various situations.

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While many believe that the refugee crisis is too difficult to tackle, people must rise up to help these human beings in dire need.  Countries can no longer turn a blind eye because people are dying, they have nowhere else to go, and ignoring their needs when help is possible is both inhumane and cruel.

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People of all races and ethnicities have been targets of racial discrimination for hundreds of years, and especially recently, Asian Americans and Black people have been the focus of this hatred. This issue has gone on for long enough and it is time for reform because people will continue to be killed everyday, this has been a long-standing issue, and it is immoral and inhumane to let people suffer any longer.

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Many deny the existence of the racial discrimination in our society, but as the deaths of Black and Asian Americans rise, it is difficult to ignore. People are being racially targeted, attacked, and killed- it is cruel to allow what they face to go on and we must take action to help those who are in need.

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While many people believe that social media is a place where it’s users can express themselves posing a positive effect on adolescents, yet change is needed in order to create a safer platform. People have to notice that social media is taking negative tolls on teens physical health, mental health, and social health.

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Social media has many upsides and downsides to it. Social media can help people communicate with other but it can also cut connection from the real world. Many people who get addicted to social media become depressed and insecure. Social media addiction has to be dealt with. Laws can be implicated so that change can happen. To conclude, change is needed.

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Social media needs to be regulated as it continues to have devastating effects on teens. People need to rise up to help as teens can no longer suffer from eating disorders, cyberbullying, and mental health issues.

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It is undoubtedly true that the amount police killing innocent people and anti-asian hate crimes have gotten out of hand. People need to stand up for the victims and changes need to happen in the government and our culture to stop these acts and events from happening.

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While many people may not think of Anti Asian-Hate Crimes as a large issue, people must look into it, and find a solution because many innocent Asian-Americans are being hurt and even killed every single day, and this problem has been going on for ages, and the worst parts is that many attackers aren getting punished for their actions! If people such as public officials, and Asian-Americans don’t step up, and look into the issue, society won’t become better, but in return...worse.

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While social media has many upsides, such as how it connects people all over the world, and allows for many to be happy in a time of sorrow, it has some major flaws that must be corrected if it is ever to be good for humanity. It must be regulated, to prevent addictions, and be kept heavily moderated to prevent misconceptions and scams to ripple through the world via the platform. Furthermore, the laws around social media should be tightened, making people more aware of the fact that the company is tracking their info and selling it to the highest bidder, a practice that is both “secret”, and disdainful to the dignity of the customer.

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Social media is something people use to communicate with friends and show what they are doing online. But it could be a dark place with many bad people and could cause negative effects on people that use it without limits. Social media is a great tool that people use, but it could be bad for the users, if not limited and watched at carefully.

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Hate crimes are a big issue that has been going on around the world for a while, everybody must do something to stop it. No one can ignore this issue because Blacks and Asians are dying and being a target for hate crimes all over the world due to all of these hate crimes from civilians, hate for different races have been going on for 171 years, and Asians are developing different mental issues.

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1. “Reports of hate crimes against people of Asian descent in the U.S. increased 150 percent in 2020…”
https://upfront.scholastic.com/pages/news/2020-21/national-outcry-over-anti-asian-hate.html

2. "...research indicating sharp rises in the number of black people saying they faced discrimination in the last year, rising from 74% in 2019 to 81%.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/27/black-lives-matter-has-increased-racial-tension-55-say-in-uk-poll

3. “The marginalization of Asian Americans has deep roots. The first significant wave of Asian immigrants to the U.S. were the Chinese, who began coming in the 1850s, largely to the West Coast to work on the transcontinental railroad and in gold mines. The history of hate and violence against Asians in America goes back almost as far.”
https://upfront.scholastic.com/pages/news/2020-21/national-outcry-over-anti-asian-hate.html

4. “After 1619, when a Dutch ship brought 20 Africans ashore at the British colony of Jamestown, Virginia, slavery spread quickly through the American colonies...”
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones

5. “As an Asian myself, it’s devastating to see the racial discrimination plaguing this country. The world is and will continue to be divided as long as people continue to judge others by their race.” - Navya Vasireddy (8th Grade Student)

6. “I think that it's extremely cruel to judge someone or change your actions towards someone just because they are ‘different’ than you. Even though we all are the same, people find ways to single others out and make them feel bad for how they are, and it's truly sad to see.” - Prisha Trivedi (8th Grade Student)

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Reason 1
1. “In the wake of this week’s killings, many have rallied in support of the Asian American community, producing a palpable sense of unity in the fight against anti-Asian violence.”https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/03/20/atlanta-shootings-see-asian-black-americans-take-white-supremacy/4769268001/
2. “You don’t need to see the video of George Floyd, a police officer’s knee on his neck as he struggled for his dying breaths, to know that black people are three times more likely to be killed by police than are white people.”https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2020-05-30/death-by-racism-part-of-americas-dna-from-the-start

Reason 2
3. "In 1871, at least 17 Chinese were lynched by white and Hispanic rioters in Los Angeles after a white man was killed in the crossfire between rival Chinese groups. In 1882, the U.S. formalized anti-Chinese discrimination by passing the Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned immigrants from China." https://upfront.scholastic.com/pages/news/2020-21/national-outcry-over-anti-asian-hate.html
4. "And most infamously, during World War II, tens of thousands of Japanese Americans were imprisoned in internment camps for years, on the unfounded suspicion that they might threaten the U.S. war effort against Japan." https://upfront.scholastic.com/pages/news/2020-21/national-outcry-over-anti-asian-hate.html

Reason 3
5. "Stigma toward seeking mental healthcare, or even expressing emotions, is significant among Asian American cultures, Hsu said. Asian Americans are three times less likely to seek mental healthcare than white Americans, according to data collected in 2012 from the National Latino and Asian American Study." https://www.healthline.com/health/rise-in-asian-american-discrimination-is-causing-mental-health-crisis#mental-healthcare
6. "One in five Asian Americans who have experienced racism display racial trauma and heightened symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, and physical symptoms..." https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/mental-health/555753-the-mental-health-cost-of-anti-asian-hate-on-the

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Reason 1:
1. "Sadly, the trend of fatal police shootings in the United States seems to only be increasing, with a total 371 civilians having been shot, 71 of whom were Black, in the first five months of 2021." https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/
2. "They (African Americans) continue to face systematically higher unemployment rates, fewer job opportunities, lower pay, poorer benefits, and greater job instability. " https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/

Reason 2:
1. "However, African American workers still face more hurdles to get a job, never mind a good one, than their white counterparts." https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/reports/2019/12/05/478150/african-americans-face-systematic-obstacles-getting-good-jobs/
3. “...these are not just verbal attacks, but they’re also physical attakcs.”-Vicky Nguyen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqDjZsnLE9M

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1.) “The bill designates an official at the US Justice Department to expedite reviews of violence and hate crimes related to Covid-19. It also provides grants for state and local governments to improve their own reporting systems.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56218684

2.) "Reports of hate crimes against people of Asian descent in the U.S. increased 150 percent in 2020..."
https://upfront.scholastic.com/pages/news/2020-21/national-outcry-over-anti-asian-hate.html
3.) “In the U.K., people of ESEA descent have faced decades of structural discrimination and racism, including racial profiling, discrimination in the workplace, and poorer health outcomes than their white counterparts.”
https://time.com/5947862/anti-asian-attacks-rising-worldwide/
4.) “In March, Breonna Taylor, a black emergency room technician, was shot by police in her home in Louisville, Kentucky, in the middle of the night as officers broke down her door to serve a warrant; she wasn't a suspect in the case they were investigating.”
https://upfront.scholastic.com/issues/2020-21/083120/how-our-world-changed.html#1150L
5.) “Viral posts repeating messages like these are shared without a second thought, often with good intentions, but they fail to acknowledge that the most marginalized among us shouldn't have to earn their right to dignity and protection through their art, their culture, or their activism “
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/black-lives-matter-stop-asian-hate-justice
6.) “Some experts have noted that such attacks are probably underreported due to language barriers or technological issues.”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-04/anti-asian-hate-crimes-spike-us-cities-study-finds

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Article 1:
Quote 1: Behavioral advertising is when a company finds out how people use the Internet. The company sees what pages a user views and links they click, for example. Knowing this information lets a company advertise specific products to that person based on their interests.

Quote 2: “A Deloitte survey of 2,000 U.S. consumers in 2017 found that 91% of people consent to terms of service without reading them. For younger people, ages 18-34, that rate was even higher”

Article 2:
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In several recent studies, teenage and young adult users who spend the most time on Instagram, Facebook and other platforms were shown to have a substantially (from 13 to 66 percent) higher rate of reported depression than those who spent the least time."
Quote 2: FOMO is really the fear of not being connected to our social world, and that need to feel connected sometimes trumps whatever’s going on in the actual situation we’re in. The more we use social media, the less we think about being present in the moment.”

Essay 3
Quote 1: A substantial number of US adults were exposed to false stories prior to the 2016 election, and post-election surveys suggest that many people who read these stories believed them to be true

Quote 2: "For the first time, when you conduct a search on Google that returns an authoritative result containing fact checks for one or more public claims, you will see that information clearly on the search results page," reads the Google blog. You will see information on the claim, who made the claim and the fact check of that particular claim.

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1. “The media our kids are consuming and using today (everything from their social media feeds, to the games and apps they use, to the movies and music clips they’re watching) are saturated with edited and filtered photos of unrealistic portrayals and alarming messages about bodies.” Body Image in an Age of Selfies & Social Media

2. “Many teens are media-literate about movies and magazines; they take in digitally altered images with a critical eye. Less clear is how social media literate they are.” How Social Media Is a Toxic Mirror

3. “Victimization of young people online has received an increasing level of scrutiny, particularly after a series of high-profile suicides of teenagers who were reportedly bullied on various social networks.” Social Media Cyber Bullying Linked to Teen Depression

4. “Teenagers who are addicted to social media are more likely to engage in cyberbullying, as well as those who spend more time online.” Social media addiction linked to cyberbullying

5. “Psychologists estimate that as many as 5 to 10% of Americans meet the criteria for social media addiction today” (Recognizing a Social Media Addiction)

6. “[People] should engage in a digital detox; a period of time during which someone significantly reduces the time spent or abstains from using electronic devices such a smartphones or computers.” (Recognizing a Social Media Addiction)

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1. "This is just one step though. We're waiting for the other officers to be held accountable and for additional charges to be filed but this is a step in the right direction," - https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/black-lives-matter-protests-06-19-2020/h_8509cf0a2dc4fe7fa78d8ba7b82d68dd
2. A growing body of research supports the perception that police unfairly target Black Americans. They are more likely to be stopped, searched and arrested than their white compatriots. They also are more likely to be killed by police.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-police-immunity-race/
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While many don’t think of Asian-Hate Crimes as a large issue, people must look into it, and find a solution, because many innocent Asian-Americans are being hurt, and  killed every day, and this problem has been going on for ages as well as  attackers aren’t getting punished for their actions! If people such as public officials, and Asian-Americans don’t step up, and look into the issue, society won’t become better, but in return...worse.

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People of Asian descent have been living in the United States for more than 160 years, and have long been the target of bigotry. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/03/18/history-anti-asian-violence-racism/

In Rock Springs, Wyoming Territory, long-standing aggression against Chinese miners exploded in September 1885, when 100 to 150 vigilantes surrounded and attacked Chinese mineworkers, killing 28 people and burning 79 homes - https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/03/18/history-anti-asian-violence-racism/

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My friend Shirley’s restaurant was repeatedly vandalized with hate graffiti, prompting her husband to spend a great deal of money on security cameras and taking other security measures. - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/11/op-ed-the-pain-and-fear-of-anti-asian-hate-crimes-hits-close-to-home.html

In one particular case, a man stole a large DoorDash food order, yelled racial slurs and threatened to harm Jimmy before fleeing after a customer called the police. - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/11/op-ed-the-pain-and-fear-of-anti-asian-hate-crimes-hits-close-to-home.html

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But the perpetrator, a 23-year-old man from Yemen, had not said a word to the victim before the attack, investigators said. Prosecutors determined they lacked enough evidence to prove a racist motive. The attacker was charged with attempted murder, but not as a hate crime. - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/nyregion/asian-hate-crimes.html

In the past month alone, several assaults on Asian victims have been reported to the police, including an attack on an older woman who was pushed outside a bakery in Queens. None of the incidents has been charged as a hate crime. - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/nyregion/asian-hate-crimes.html

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“As an Asian in this nation, you’ll have to develop a thick skin.”  - Michael Fu https://upfront.scholastic.com/pages/news/2020-21/national-outcry-over-anti-asian-hate.html

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"The Atlanta shootings and other recent attacks have exposed how difficult it can be to prove a racist motive in attacks against Asian Americans...For example, there is no widely recognized symbol of anti-Asian hate comparable to a noose or a swastika, experts note."
https://upfront.scholastic.com/pages/news/2020-21/national-outcry-over-anti-asian-hate.html

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“Every one of our systems in America has been impacted—infected, in fact—in some significant way by these racial disparities and these racial inequalities,” says Yohuru Williams, a civil rights scholar at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.
https://upfront.scholastic.com/issues/2020-21/101220/two-americas.html#1270L

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"Black people are locked up at more than five times the rate of white people."
https://upfront.scholastic.com/issues/2020-21/101220/two-americas.html#1270L

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"Floyd, a 46-year-old security guard who’d been laid off amid the Covid-19 lockdowns, died after he was handcuffed and pinned to the ground by a white police officer. The officer’s knee remained pressing on his neck for eight minutes as Floyd repeatedly complained that he couldn’t breathe."
https://upfront.scholastic.com/pages/news/2019-20/george-floyd-protests.html

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"In some cities, police forces tried to display solidarity with their communities. In Petersburg, Virginia, Chief Kenneth Miller and a handful of police officers appeared alongside protesters. And in Oklahoma City on Sunday, as a crowd of marchers seemed to grow tense, officers with the sheriff’s department’s tactical team took a knee in a pose popularized by the former N.F.L. quarterback Colin Kaepernick. The protesters cheered."
https://upfront.scholastic.com/pages/news/2019-20/george-floyd-protests.html

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Quote 1: “Numerous medical and scientific studies have shown alarming results when testing people who use smartphones for more than four hours a day and those who don’t. Smartphone users tend to develop rounded shoulders, spinal curvatures, vertebrate disorders, and associated neck pain and headaches caused by these ailments.” https://holisticbonfire.com/archives/479

Quote 2:
“Among those who normally get adequate sleep, daily social media users were least likely to report adequate sleep.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6604510/

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Quote 1: “Linda Charmaraman, a senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women and director of the Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab, has also found that 21% of teens "felt down" about themselves after looking at social media.” https://www.insider.com/how-does-social-media-affect-teenagers

Quote 2: “They worry that if they do not use their phone at night, they will miss out on potential social interactions online, which they believe would have a negative effect on their in-person social relationships...In fact, teens and young adults often worry about what they call FoMO, which stands for “fear of missing out,” which is anxiety about missing out on experiences.“ https://www.center4research.org/social-media-affects-mental-health/#:~:text=Browsing%20social%20media%20can%20lead,can%20lead%20to%20negative%20feelings.&text=Anxiety%20and%20depression%20are%20not,harmed%20by%20social%20media%20use.

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"While children have bullied each other for generations, the emergence and widespread adaptation of technology, especially social media, has made it easy for bullies to expand the reach and extent of their harm" https://helpyourteennow.com/cyberbullying-on-social-media/

“{Cyber bullying is} never going to go away. Kids check their social media minimum a hundred times a day. That’s minimum,” {Ross Ellis, founder and CEO of Stomp Out Bullying} said. “They always need to know, especially the girls, what is being said about them. There’s a tremendous need, and there’s also a tremendous need to respond if something bad is being said. And that’s the worst thing that they can do. Because once they light that match, it’s going to turn into an inferno.” https://www.the74million.org/new-teen-survey-reveals-cyberbullying-moving-beyond-social-media-to-email-messaging-apps-youtube/
“The most vulnerable users, researchers say, are the ones who spend most of their time posting, commenting on and comparing themselves to photos. One study found that female college students who did this on Facebook were more likely to link their self-worth to their looks.” https://time.com/4459153/social-media-body-image/

“88% of girls say they compare themselves to images in the media and half claim that they feel negatively affected by this.”https://solsticeeast.com/blog/the-effect-of-social-media-on-body-image-in-teen-girls/

"In several recent studies, teenage and young adult users who spend the most time on Instagram, Facebook and other platforms were shown to have a substantially (from 13 to 66 percent) higher rate of reported depression than those who spent the least time. " https://childmind.org/article/is-social-media-use-causing-depression/

"Studies have shown the around-the-clock world of social media takes a mental and emotional toll on some young people. It has been linked to increased worrying and feelings of depression. " https://newsela.com/read/teen-emotional-health-social-media/id/31749/?collection_id=339&search_id=a01b6a54-9d63-4f65-99be-87c516a443b6

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Quote 1: “Peer acceptance– a normal rite of passage for kids as they transition to adolescence is to shift away from the family unit and more towards their peer group. This means that they’re often looking for validation. Their self-importance and self-esteem is shaped by likes and comments online. Teens, particularly girls are seeking and subverting approval online via social media.” https://drkristygoodwin.com/body-image-in-an-age-of-selfies-and-social-media/

Quote 2: “All this provides an illusion of control: if I spend more time and really work at it, I can improve at being beautiful. “I don’t get to choose how I’m going to leave my apartment today,” one young woman told me. “If I could, my body would look different. But I can choose which picture makes my arms look thinner.””https://time.com/4459153/social-media-body-image/

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1. "This is just one step though. We're waiting for the other officers to be held accountable and for additional charges to be filed but this is a step in the right direction,"  https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/black-lives-matter-protests-06-19-2020/h_8509cf0a2dc4fe7fa78d8ba7b82d68dd
2. "A growing body of research supports the perception that police unfairly target Black Americans. They are more likely to be stopped, searched and arrested than their white compatriots. They also are more likely to be killed by police."
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-police-immunity-race/
3. "Black people are 3.5 times more likely than white people to be killed by police when Blacks are not attacking or do not have a weapon."
https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/votervital/how-can-we-enhance-police-accountability-in-the-united-states/
4.  "The officers who killed Tamir Rice in Cleveland in 2014, and who killed Antwon Rose in East Pittsburgh in 2018—both Black teenagers—were dismissed from previous jobs as police officers. When an officer is dismissed, typically the Fraternal Order of Police has helped them resign quietly instead of being fired. This gives bad officers the ability to work for another department."
https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/votervital/how-can-we-enhance-police-accountability-in-the-united-states/
5. " In the May 29-30 YouGov survey, which found that the sight of a police officer makes 60 percent of black Americans feel 'less secure' ”
https://www.vox.com/2020/6/17/21284527/systemic-racism-black-americans-9-charts-explained
6. "Once Black people are ambushed by a racist incident, like the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, Gipson says it takes a while to regain composure and go on living. "
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/police-killings-and-black-mental-health

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"Cyberbullying literature suggests that victims generally manifest psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, loneliness, low self-esteem, social exclusion, school phobias and poor academic performance."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844018359474

"Teenagers who are addicted to social media are more likely to engage in cyberbullying, as well as those who spend more time online."
https://news.uga.edu/social-media-addiction-linked-to-cyberbullying/

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"Spending more than 3 hours on social media per day puts adolescents at a higher risk for metal health problems. 13% of kids ages 12-17 report depression and 32% report anxiety. 25% of 18 to 25-year-olds report mental illness"
https://etactics.com/blog/social-media-and-mental-health-statistics

"Results from a separate study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine showed that the more time young adults spent on social media the more likely they were to have problems sleeping and report symptoms of depression."
https://www.psycom.net/social-media-teen-mental-health

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Though many people are satisfied with how their police department responds, more laws need to be passed to ensure that officers are held accountable for their horrible actions. This is based on the fact that police brutality against Black Americans has been an ongoing issue, Black people continue to suffer from the mental health effects caused by police brutality, and officers continue to have an unfair bias towards this community.

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"A study of the relationship between media and eating disorders  found that media exposure predicted disordered eating symptomatology, drive for thinness, body dissatisfaction and ineffectiveness in women, and endorsement of personal thinness and dieting in men"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2792687/

the study participants’ perception of their Facebook friends’ food consumption habits significantly predicted the participants’ habits as well. Those who believed their social circles “approved” of junk food reported eating more themselves, while those who thought their friends ate more fruits and vegetables and skipped sugary beverages also adopted those habits.
https://www.bicycling.com/news/a31003639/social-media-influences-eating-habits-study/

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"In 1900, an outbreak of bubonic plague struck San Francisco. It is likely that the outbreak began with a ship from Australia, but since the first stateside victim was a Chinese immigrant, the whole community was blamed for it."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/03/18/history-anti-asian-violence-racism/

" In 1882, Congress overwhelmingly passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned Chinese immigration for 20 years."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/03/18/history-anti-asian-violence-racism/

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"The Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino examined police data from 16 jurisdictions across the country, finding a 164% increase in reports of anti-Asian hate crimes in the first quarter of 2021 compared with the same period last year."
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-04/anti-asian-hate-crimes-spike-us-cities-study-finds

"According to Levin’s report, the first-quarter increase follows a historic surge that began last March amid a rise in both COVID-19 cases and the “political and online stigmatizing of Asians.”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-04/anti-asian-hate-crimes-spike-us-cities-study-find

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"Last year, the attacks in New York City that did get prosecuted as hate crimes typically involved people blaming Asians for spreading the coronavirus, echoing the rhetoric of former President Donald J. Trump, who has referred to the disease as the “China virus” and the “Kung Flu.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/nyregion/asian-hate-crimes.html
"Trump has famously used offensive terms, such as "Wuhan Flu," and "Kung Flu," to describe COVID-19."
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-sued-calling-covid-19-the-china-virus-kung-flu-2021-5

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Quote 1: "Reports of hate crimes against people of Asian descent in the U.S. increased 150 percent in 2020, according to a report by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University at San Bernardino, which examined police records in 16 of the country’s largest cities."

URL: https://upfront.scholastic.com/pages/news/2020-21/national-outcry-over-anti-asian-hate.html

Quote 2: “The important thing to remember is that this is really not an exceptional moment by any means,” said Sato. “But it’s really part of a much longer genealogy of anti-Asian violence that reaches as far back as the 19th century.”

URL: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/03/a-long-history-of-bigotry-against-asian-americans/

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Quote 1: “The issue of racial bias in policing has been in the national spotlight since August 2014, when an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown was killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The officer said he shot Brown in self-defense after a struggle. Some witnesses supported the officer’s account; others said Brown posed no threat and the shooting was unjustified.”

Quote 2: “...a follow-up investigation by the Justice Department found that police in Ferguson routinely discriminated against African-Americans and violated their constitutional rights. Black drivers were often stopped for no reason (a phenomenon many black Americans refer to as “driving while black”) and were much more likely to have their cars searched than whites. When officers used force (such as tasers), nearly 90 percent of the time the suspects were black.”

URL (for both quotes):  https://upfront.scholastic.com/issues/2016-17/091916/blue---black.html

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“In fact, experts worry that the social media and text messages that have become so integral to teenage life are promoting anxiety and lowering self-esteem.”  https://childmind.org/article/how-using-social-media-affects-teenagers/

- “A survey conducted by the Royal Society for public health asked 14-24 year olds in the UK how social media platforms impacted their health and wellbeing.”

https://childmind.org/article/how-using-social-media-affects-teenagers/

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“For one thing, modern teens are learning to do most of their communication while looking at a screen, not another person.” https://childmind.org/article/how-using-social-media-affects-teenagers/
“But when friendship is conducted online and through texts, kids are doing this in a context stripped of many of the most personal—and sometimes intimidating—aspects of communication.” https://childmind.org/article/how-using-social-media-affects-teenagers/

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Quote 1: " The protesters are demanding an end to the long history of police violence against black people in the United States."

URL: https://upfront.scholastic.com/pages/news/2019-20/george-floyd-protests.html

Quote 2: "According to the AAAJ, right now, other priorities should include in-language support for legal, professional, immigration, and mental health resources. "During this time of broader crisis and trauma in our Asian American communities, we must be guided by a compass of community care that prioritizes assessing and addressing our communities' immediate needs," wrote the organization."

URL: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/03/10374543/anti-asian-hate-crimes-police-activism-solutions

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Social media needs to be regulated as it continues to have devastating effects on teens. People need to rise up to help as teens are continuing to suffer from eating disorders, cyberbullying, and mental health issues.

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Many want to believe that social media is a platform where people from all around the world can come together, and spread positivity, yet people are starting the realize the rather negative outcomes. A switch is needed in order to truly construct a safe space for it’s users, and preserve the users mental, physical, and social health from the hidden dangers.

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Reason #1:

“Girls report more body image disturbance and disordered eating than boys"

https://time.com/4459153/social-media-body-image/

“This year, an analysis of 50 so-called ‘fitspiration’ websites revealed messaging that was indistinguishable, at times, from pro-anorexia (pro-ana) or ‘thinspiration’ websites. Both contained strong language inducing guilt about weight or the body, and promoted dieting, restraint and fat and weight stigmatization."

https://time.com/4459153/social-media-body-image/
Reason #2:

“42% of teens say they have been called offensive names online or via their cell phone. Additionally, about a third (32%) of teens say someone has spread false rumors about them on the internet, while smaller shares have had someone other than a parent constantly ask where they are, who they’re with or what they’re doing (21%) or have been the target of physical threats online (16%).” https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2018/09/27/a-majority-of-teens-have-experienced-some-form-of-cyberbullying/

“[Seventeen] studies [that were] analyzed looked at how common cyberbullying was, and the researchers found that a median of 23 percent of teens reporting being targeted. About 15 percent reported bullying someone online themselves.” https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/social-media-cyber-bullying-linked-to-teen-depression/

Reason #3:

“In addition, interacting with social media can trigger a dopamine response in the brain, similar to that triggered by drug or alcohol use.”

“FOMO is really the fear of not being connected to our social world, and that need to feel connected sometimes trumps whatever’s going on in the actual situation we’re in. The more we use social media, the less we think about being present in the moment.” - Jerry Bubrick, PhD, a clinical psychologist at the Child Mind Institute https://childmind.org/article/is-social-media-use-causing-depression/

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Quote #1: Teenagers are losing sleep due to social media being used late at night and the blue light emitting from their devices are holding back hormones from being released that help us sleep.
https://www.insider.com/how-does-social-media-affect-teenagers

Quote #2: 69% of adults and 81% of teens in the U.S. use social media.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/01/12/evolution-of-technology/

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Readers have the power to make a significant change in the process of stopping Anti-Asian Hate Crimes, if they decide to get involved. Readers can contribute to GoFundMe pages like the “Support AAPI Community Fund”, educate themselves using trusted resources, and report hate crimes if they first-handedly see or hear about them. (https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-aapi-community-fund).

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One thing you could do to help, and prevent teens from no longer allowing social media to greatly impact their mental health is to contact organizations, one of them being the Child Mind Institute, who are currently working to provide the help that these teens need. It’s time to wake up, and become a part of the solution and participate in studies to help find new treatments for these children in grave need.

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Many Asian-Americans are facing hate-crimes daily, yet society isn’t showing a sign of change. Many fail to empathize what the Asian community is going through, but in return they make it harder. How would you feel if you weren’t able to get out of your home because you know that there is a chance that if you leave, you may never return?

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Though many people are satisfied with how their police department responds, more laws need to be passed to ensure that officers are held accountable for their actions. Change must be made as police brutality against Black Americans continues to be an ongoing issue, Black people continue to suffer from the mental health effects and some police officers continue to have an unfair bias towards this community.

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Parents can check in with their children and their social media accounts to ensure they are safe while teens can try manage their social media usage, not let it get in the way of physical activity, and not be afraid to ask others for help. Social media is ever evolving in the world but taking these small steps and measures can help to make it a safer and more enjoyable environment for teens.

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Due to all of these reasons, it is self evident that change is required, and must be implemented. It has been made abundantly clear that laws must be written and changed, if the world is ever to use social media and its attributes for its gain. Many simple things, like telling your friends, raising awareness, and writing politicians letters can be the way to change things for the better

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Two things that you can to do for Black and Asian hate is to stand up for them when you see someone trying to hurt them and go to protests. By standing up for them and going to protests it will show people of color that you support them and will help them when they are in trouble.

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By understanding the negative effects of social media, you can bring attention to it by sharing your experience or raising your voice about the different health issues and cyberbullying/eating disorder cases. Contact organizations such as NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illnesses and take action to help make social media a safer platform for teens to use.

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While we may not know if social media will really be changed, there are precautions that you could take yourself to prevent the negative effects of social media. To solve this problem, teens can start taking steps towards managing their social media use properly by carefully monitoring their behavior and habits. For parents, regularly checking in with your teen and highlighting the effects of social media to them is a good way to raise awareness and keep them safe.

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Quote #3: 59% of U.S. teens have been bullied or harassed online, and a similar share says it's a major problem for people their age.
Link: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2018/09/27/a-majority-of-teens-have-experienced-some-form-of-cyberbullying

Quote #4: "Cyberbullying can affect victims and can cause mental disorders and tragic events like suicide has been happened to those who have been cyberbullied."
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844018359474

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Quote 5: "...it can help with self-awareness and knowing your surroundings and what is happening around you instead of being invested in your device."
Link: https://nosidebar.com/limiting-social-media/

Quote #6: Social media user numbers continue to grow. In fact, the average person spends at least 1 hour and 40 minutes per day looking at their favorite social media sites and apps.

Link: https://www.lifehack.org/483829/9-positive-benefits-of-a-social-media-detox

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Since Anti-Asian hate crimes go widely unreported, many audiences don’t view the issue seriously but change needs to take place in order for the stigmatizing of Asians to come to a halt. It needs to be made clear that Anti-Asian hate crimes must cease because in the past year, there has been an increase in the number of these hate crimes, Asian Americans are repeatedly blamed for events in history, and celebrities with high followings are publicly ignorant towards this issue.

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Take action to support Asian and African Americans by speaking up or stepping in whenever you a person of color being harassed or abused.

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The effects of social media can be very harmful so parents should regularly check in with their children and set limits to ensure their safety while on social media. Teens should try to distract themselves wherever they feel like they are spending too much time online.

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While many don’t think of Asian-Hate Crimes as a large issue, people must look into it because Asian-Hate crimes are occurring every single day and many are suffering due to it. Many innocent Asian-Americans are being hurt or killed every day, this discrimination has been around for as long as 160 years, and attackers aren’t being sentenced for their actions.

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To take a stand against racial discrimination, you can sign petitions, speak out at protests near you, or even donate to people or organizations, such as the BLM Fund, that are working to end this injustice. Fight for what is right, push for reform, and be a part of something greater than yourself…something that will go down in history as the end of an age-old problem.

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Reason 1:
1. "Sadly, the trend of fatal police shootings in the United States seems to only be increasing, with a total 371 civilians having been shot, 71 of whom were Black, in the first five months of 2021." https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/
2. "In the days...he first heard about the mass shootings in Atlanta in which six Asian American women died, 17-year-old Michael Fu." https://upfront.scholastic.com/pages/news/2020-21/national-outcry-over-anti-asian-hate.html

Reason 2:
1. "However, African American workers still face more hurdles to get a job, never mind a good one, than their white counterparts." https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/reports/2019/12/05/478150/african-americans-face-systematic-obstacles-getting-good-jobs/
2. "They (African Americans) continue to face systematically higher unemployment rates, fewer job opportunities, lower pay, poorer benefits, and greater job instability. " https://www.statista.com/statistics/585152/people-shot-to-death-by-us-police-by-race/

Reason 3:
1. “...these are not just verbal attacks, but they’re also physical attacks.”-Vicky Nguyen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqDjZsnLE9M
2.  “Stop AAPI did a survey of young people over the summer and found one in four said they have experienced racist bullying.”-Vicky Nguyen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqDjZsnLE9M

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Parents should check in with their child making sure that they are only being positively impacted by social media. Teens who are suffering from negative effects should tell a responsible adult about it in order for things to get better.

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Change must happen as racism may be the biggest one that divides us as humans. The problems that racism brings to numerous Asian and African Americans are getting killed, being abused physically and verbally, and losing opportunities that could change their life for the better.

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Hate crimes are a big issue that has been going on around the world for a while and because of this everybody must do something to stop it. No one can neglect the Asian Hate and BLM movement because Blacks and Asians are dying and becoming a target for hate crimes all over the world, hate for different races have been going on for a long time, and Asians and Blacks are developing different mental issues such as anxiety and depression.

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By protesting, you will be demanding that police brutality end, reforms be made and for more laws to be passed. To help your community, the first thing you need to do is educate yourself, by educating yourself, you can teach your children, family, friends and others about cultural diversity and anti-racism to help spread awareness about this ongoing issue. You can also donate to Black Lives Matter and other organizations that support and  promote racial justice and equality.

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Both recently and for hundreds of years, people of all races and ethnicities have been targets of racial discrimination, and people can no longer let Asian Americans and Black people be the focus of this hatred. It is time for reform because people will continue to be killed everyday, this has been a unending issue, and it is immoral and inhumane to let people suffer, both mentally and physically, any more.

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You can be a part of the change to stop the racial injustice by simply remembering to support the right cause. You should continue to spread awareness by researching on websites such as “Stop AAPI Hate”, donating to GoFundMe fundraisers like the “Justice and Equality Cause Fund” and reporting incidents if they are ever witnessed.
https://stopaapihate.org/
https://www.gofundme.com/f/JusticeAndEqualityFund

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Black Lives Matter and Stop Asian Hate are movements that have been started in light of the racist incidents these communities face frequently, and you can take part in putting an end to the issue too. There are many actions you can take including, educating yourself, spreading awareness, protesting and donating to those affected or organizations that advocate for racial equality.

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While many do not understand this, social media needs to be changed. Due to it becoming a significant part of teens' lives, it is causing many negative effects such as mental health problems, an increase in cyberbullying, and social media addiction.

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Revised- Laws around social media should be more strict, to prevent things like excessive screen time, addiction, lower self value, scams, and information garnering. The issues range from the fact that every person is efficiently tracked on social media, to how excessive use of social media can lead to crazy low mental, and physical conditions, and how the unmoderated applications are used as a medium for scams, hoaxes, and rumors

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In today’s world many people hold onto the belief that social media is a space that connects people from all corners of the world, and is used to spread positivity, until now people are beginning to comprehend that the effects of social media usage are relatively negative. Change is vital in order to create a secure place where it’s members can express themselves, while protecting the mental, physical, and social health from unaware risks.