Contents
Newspaper Articles
- “Amid Anti-Asian Hate, AAPI Candidates Aim To Smash Stereotypes And Lead Their Cities,” National Public Radio (August 2, 2021)
- “The mental health impact of anti-Asian racism,” American Psychological Association (July 1, 2021)
- “A Tense Lunar New Year for the Bay Area After Attacks on Asian-Americans,” The New York Times (Feb. 12, 2021)
- “Attacks on Asian-Americans in New York Stoke Fear, Anxiety and Anger,” The New York Times (Feb. 26, 2021)
- “Hate Crimes Targeting Asian Americans Spiked by 150% in Major US Cities,” Voice of America (March 2, 2001)
- “Hate crimes against Asian-Americans in Orange County increase tenfold” Eyewitness News (Feb. 26, 2021)
Recent Historical / Personal Accounts published online
- Anne Anlin Cheng, “What This Wave of Anti-Asian Violence Reveals About America,” The New York Times (Feb. 21, 2021): Ms. Cheng is a comparative race scholar and author of “The Melancholy of Race: Psychoanalysis, Assimilation, and Hidden Grief” and “Ornamentalism.
- Qian Julie Wang, “Anti-Asian Racism Isn’t New.”The New York Times (Feb. 18, 2021): Ms. Wang is the author of a forthcoming memoir about being an undocumented child in the United States.
Other Recommended Readings
Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown (Penguin Random House, 2020)
Museums and Archives
- Museum of the Chinese in America
- Chinese American Museum, Los Angeles
- Chinese American Museum, Washington D.C.
- Chinese American Museum of Chicago
- Japanese American National Museum
- Japanese American Museum of San Jose
- WWII Japanese-American Internment Museum
Teaching Resources
- “Lesson of the Day: A Rise in Attacks on Asian-Americans”: Oriented to K-12, but still useful, especially our many Education majors – and also many useful resources appear further down on the page:
Toolkits
- Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Student Tool Kit: Responding to Hate
- Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Hate Crimes Tool Kit and Messaging Guidance on China
- Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
- When Hate Hits You: A resource guide on anti-Asian sentiment including examples of hate crimes, factors that cause anti-Asian sentiment, and steps to take when an incident occurs.
- A Troubling Legacy: A concise history of anti-Asian sentiment in the United States.
- An Unnoticed Struggle: A concise history of Asian American civil rights issues.
- Words Can Kill the Spirit: A brochure explaining racial slurs directed at Asian Americans.
- Anti-Asian Sentiment on Campus: A brochure that outlines what to do if a hate incident or hate crime occurs on campus.
- OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates
- Asian American Advancing Justice | AAJC & Hollaback!
- IMPACT Bay Area Training, Online classes
- AAPI data
- Stop AAPI Hate (incident reporting)
Asian American and Asian Pacific American Based Organizations
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC)
The affiliates of AAJC in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Asian Law Caucus work together to provide legal services, organizing, and advocacy on behalf of the Asian Pacific American community. - Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) is a national organization that protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans. By combining litigation, advocacy, education and organizing, AALDEF works with Asian American communities across the country to secure human rights for all.
Contact AALDEF for legal assistance at 1-800-966-5946 or through their website - Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council (A3PCON) is a coalition of community-based organizations that advocates for the rights and needs of the Asian and Pacific Islander American Community. They work on hate crimes through their project STOP AAPI HATE.
View resources - Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) is the oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization in the United States. It is composed of over 100 chapters across the Nation, divided into seven district councils. View list of regional offices here.
- OCA–Asian Pacific American Advocates is dedicated to advancing the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. A membership-driven organization based in Washington, DC with over 50 chapters and affiliates around the country. View list of regional offices here.
- South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) is a national, nonpartisan, non-profit organization that elevates the voices and perspectives of South Asian individuals and organizations to build a more just and inclusive society in the United States. View resources here.
- The Sikh Coalition is a community-based organization that works towards the realization of civil and human rights for all people. View resources here.
- The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. Using litigation, education, and other forms of advocacy, the SPLC works toward the day when the ideals of equal justice and equal opportunity will be a reality. View resources and report hate incidents here.
