In Just One Month, Advocates Collected Nearly 3,000 More Reports Of Anti-Asian Racism

The rise in racism against Asian Americans has launched a vicious cycle of new incidents and increased awareness and documentation of them.

The rise in anti-Asian racism stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic has launched a vicious cycle of new incidents of racism and increased awareness and documentation of them, leading to an avalanche of nearly 3,000 new reports just in the month of March to a database created by the advocacy group Stop AAPI Hate. The group, formed last year to collect and document reports of racist attacks targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, received “a steep rise” in new incident reports during the month of March, according to new data released Thursday. In total, the group’s database now includes a staggering 6,603 reports of anti-Asian racism, from when they began collecting the reports last year through March 31 of this year.