anti-Asian racism

Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas L. Keon mocked Asian languages in a commencement speech Saturday.

A university chancellor apologized after mocking Asian languages in his speech

5:07am December 16, 2022

by Giulia Heyward

Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas L. Keon apologized for "offensive and insensitive" remarks he made onstage during a commencement ceremony.

Corinne Tan is American Girl's 2022 Girl of the Year, and the first Chinese American doll to hold that title. The company says her story will teach kids about standing up to racism, among other lessons.

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American Girl's 1st Chinese American 'Girl of the Year' doll aims to fight AAPI hate

1:50pm January 05, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

American Girl hopes Corinne Tan's story will teach kids about standing up to racism. It's also partnering with the nonprofit AAPI Youth Rising to "help amplify young voices like Corinne's."

A man holds a sign at an Asian American anti-violence press conference on Tuesday, outside the building where a 65-year-old Asian woman was physically and verbally attacked in New York City. Police said Wednesday that Brandon Elliot, 38, had been arrested

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Suspect Arrested On Hate Crime Charges Over Attack On Asian Woman In Manhattan

3:28pm March 31, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Brandon Elliot, 38, was arrested Wednesday and faces charges including assault as a hate crime. Elliot is a lifetime parolee who was convicted of fatally stabbing his mother in 2002, when he was 19.

Cameron Hunt and his father Calvin Hunt display signs of support on Tuesday outside the West 43rd Street apartment in Manhattan, where a man physically and verbally attacked a 65-year-old Asian American woman on Monday in an incident police are investigat

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Attack On Asian Woman In Manhattan, As Bystanders Watched, To Be Probed As Hate Crime

4:09pm March 30, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Video of the assault, as well as the seeming inaction of apartment staff standing nearby, has drawn fury in and beyond New York. State and city authorities are investigating the attack.

West Chester, Ohio, Board of Trustees Chairman Lee Wong bares his chest at a meeting Tuesday. Those scars, suffered during his U.S. military service, are "proof" of his patriotism, he said.

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Asian American Local Leader Shows Army Scars: 'Is This Patriot Enough?'

9:10pm March 27, 2021

by Matthew S. Schwartz

After referencing a history of discrimination he's experienced, West Chester Board of Trustees Chairman Lee Wong removed his shirt to show scars he got while he was in the military.