THAT
THAT NONE
THAT NONE OF US SHOULD EVER BE SILENT IN THE FACE OF ANY FORM
OF HATE.
OF HATE.
OF HATE. >> THE VICE PRESIDENT SAID
INCREASING AND SHE IS CORRECT.
THE DEADLY SHOOTINGS HAPPENED
ON THE SAME DAY A NEW REPORT
CAME OUT THAT OUTLINES HOW MANY
HATE CRIMES AGAINST
ASIAN-AMERICANS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED IN JUST THE LAST YEAR.
IT'S CALLED THE STOP AAPI HATE
REPORT.
REPORT.
REPORT. >> API STANDS FOR ASIAN-AMERICAN
PACIFIC ISLANDER. SHARON IS
WITH US NOW. SHARON , YOU
CONNECTED WITH ONE OF THE
FOUNDING MEMBERS OF STOP AAPI
HATE DAWG. WHAT DID HE HAVE
TO SAY? ABOUT ALL OF THIS?
WELL , JANET, WELL , THIS HAS
BEEN A BIG CONCERN EVER SINCE
THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.
RIGHT. STEMMING PARTIALLY FROM
THIS RHETORIC AROUND WHERE
THE CORONAVIRUS POTENTIALLY
ORIGINATED. AND LAST MONTH WHEN
WE SAW A SPIKE IN ATTACKS
AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS,
ESPECIALLY OF THE ELDERLY,
WE CONNECTED WITH DR RUSSELL
JEUNG WHO IS, LIKE YOU SAID, ONE
OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF STOP
AAPI HATE DAWG. IT IS AN
ORGANIZATION THAT KEEPS TRACK
OF DATA AND NUMBERS ON HATE
CRIMES AGAINST ASIANNESS
AMERICANS. AND YESTERDAY THEY
FINALIZED THAT BIG REPORT. THEY
RELEASED A BIG REPORT.
THE TIMING WAS EXTREMELY TRAGIC.
IT HAPPENED JUST HOURS BEFORE
THE SHOOTING HAPPENED
IN ATLANTA. BUT IN
THAT STAGGERING REPORT, THEY SAY
THEY RECEIVED THREE THOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY FIVE
INCIDENTS FROM MARCH 19TH
OF TWENTY 20 TO FEBRUARY, TWENTY
EIGHTH OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
AND IN THIS STUDIES BREAKDOWN,
THEY SAY OVER 40 % OF THE
VICTIMS ARE CHINESE, FOLLOWED BY
NEARLY 15 % KOREANS, EIGHT
POINT FIVE % VIETNAMESE
AND NEARLY EIGHT % FILIPINO.
BUT THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT
POINT THAT WAS ALSO BROUGHT UP .
THE NUMBERS ARE MOST DEFINITELY
UNDERREPORTED, EVEN THOUGH STOP
AAPI HATE IS NOT A GOVERNMENT
ENTITY. SURVEYS SHOW THAT ALMOST
THREE TO FIVE ASIAN-AMERICANS
HAVE EXPERIENCED DIRECT RACISM
LAST YEAR AND THE MOST
CONSERVATIVE NUMBERS ARE THAT
SEVEN % IN CALIFORNIA
EXPIEREINCE RACISM.
EXPIEREINCE RACISM. THAT TRANSLATES TO OVER
FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE,
A THOUSAND CASES A DAY. SO
IT'S A PERVASIVE ISSUE. WE HAVE
REPORTS FROM EVERY 50 STATES. SO
YOU REALLY CAN'T MINIMIZE THIS
ISSUE THAT NOW HAS REACHED
NATIONAL PROPORTIONS
NATIONAL PROPORTIONS AND RIGHTFULLY SO GARNERED
THE ATTENTION OF THE WHITE
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
HOUSE. >>
HOUSE. >> THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,
ALTHOUGH THE TOP STATE FOR HATE
CRIMES AGAINST ASIAN-AMERICANS
AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS IS
CALIFORNIA, WITH NEARLY FORTY
FIVE % OF ALL REPORTS. MINNESOTA
ALSO HAD FORTY TWO INCIDENTS
AND GEORGIA HAD FORTY EIGHT.
AND THIS NEXT POINT PULLED FROM
THE DATA IS ESPECIALLY RELEVANT,
MAYBE POIGNANT TO THE SHOOTING
THAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT
IN GEORGIA. THE REPORT SAYS
WOMEN REPORT HATE INCIDENTS TWO
POINT THREE TIMES MORE THAN MEN
DO. AND WHILE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
TO PINPOINT THE CAUSE OF WHY
THE NUMBERS ARE HIGHER
FOR WOMEN, THIS TOPIC OF BEING
FETISHIZED AND SEXUAL LIES COULD
PLAY A ROLE OTHERS PERCEIVE
ASIANNESS AS VULNERABLE. OTHERS
PERCEIVE WOMEN AS MORE
VULNERABLE AND I THINK ASIAN
WOMEN ARE DOUBLY TARGETED.
IT'S NOT, THOUGH, THAT WE'RE
TO BLAME FOR THIS VICTIMIZATION.
IT'S NOT OUR FAULT THAT OTHERS
FETISHIZE AND TREAT WOMEN AS
OBJECTS. AND SO I THINK
THE FETISHIZATION OF ASIAN
AMERICAN WOMEN, THE TREATMENT
SEXUALIZED OBJECTS DOES COME
INTO PLAY AT THIS MOMENT.
>> AND AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE,
DR. YOUNG DID REMIND ME
THAT THIS FINALIZATION OF THE
REPORT, THE TIMING IS JUST
AWFUL. AND IT JUST HAPPENED
HOURS BEFORE THE SHOOTING
HAPPENED IN ATLANTA. AND BEFORE
OUR INTERVIEW TODAY, HE TOLD ME
THAT HE WAS ON THE PHONE
WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL MERRICK
GARLAND WHO HAD CALLED HIM
TO TALK ABOUT THIS VERY THING
AND ASK HIM WHAT EXACTLY
THE GOVERNMENT CAN DO AT THIS
POINT TO HELP . AND DR. JEUNG
TOLD ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND
THAT THE GOVERNMENT THERE'S
RHETORIC THAT CAN BE CHANGED
AND HE ALSO ASKED FOR MORE
RESOURCES IN FIGHTING HATE
AND ALSO MAKING THINGS LIKE
GOVERNMENT WEBSITES MORE
ACCESSIBLE BY ADDING DIFFERENT
LANGUAGES FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T
SPEAK ENGLISH COMFORTABLY. SO
THIS IS DEFINITELY ON THE