Stop AAPI Hate

Asian Pacific America: Nobel Peace Prize nominee Amanda Nguyen’s video is sparking a national dialogue of rising anti-Asian racism in the U.S. during the pandemic.

Bigotry toward Asian Americans and Asian food has spread steadily alongside the coronavirus in the United States. Distorted information about the virus that first appeared in China has led to a revival of century-old tropes about Asian food being dirty.

Hundreds of racist and xenophobic incidents that have been reported over the past week, new data reveals. The online reporting forum Stop AAPI Hate said that since its inception March 18, it has received more than 650 direct reports of discrimination against primarily Asian Americans, NBC News reports.