Contrary to the doubters, Asian Americans have a long history of experience with racist targeting and scapegoating. WMC Co-Chair Emerita HelenZiaReal explains.
in an Asian woman's face as she took her garbage out; taxi drivers have refused to give rides to Asian-looking customers; Asian Americans pushed onto subway tracks, with harassment even directed at essential workers and health care givers in scrubs who have been threatened on their way to work.
To address the rise in racist incidents after the White House briefing, Asian American advocacy groups set up reporting websites. The most active site,, had recorded nearly 700 incidents as of March 26, after its first week. By May 20, more than 1,700 incidents had been reported in 45 states and Washington, D.C. The majority were filed by non-Chinese, and two out of three reports were filed by Asian American women, perhaps because they are perceived as vulnerable and passive.
Contrary to the doubters, Asian Americans have a long history of experience with racist targeting and scapegoating. In the late 1800s, there was rampant mob violence and ethnic cleansing against Chinese that included lynchings and massacres, with racism codified into federal immigration laws, rendering Chinese migrants as the first"illegal aliens" to America: the Page Act of 1875 barring Chinese women from the U.S.
Back then, anyone who looked Japanese became a moving target as hate-filled rhetoric dominated the airwaves. In that racially charged powder keg, two white autoworkers in Detroit bludgeoned to death a young Chinese American named Vincent Chin — because he"looked Japanese." The same volatile ingredients are present today.
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