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1 in 3 U.S. Asians and Pacific Islanders faced racial abuse this year

By TERRY TANG and
LINLEY SANDERS
Associated Press
Despite ongoing advocacy
and legislation to combat
anti-Asian racism that arose
after the pandemic, about
a third of Asian Americans
and Pacific Islanders say
they have experienced an
act of abuse based on their
race or ethnicity in the last
year, including being on
the receiving end of verbal
harassment, slurs, physical
threats or cyberbullying.
A new poll from AAPI Data
and The Associated Press-
NORC Center for Public
Affairs Research finds 15%
of Asian American and Pa-
cific Islanders specifically say
they believe they have ever
been the victim of a hate
crime. Jen Ho Lee, a 76-year-old South Korean immigrant, poses in her apartment in Los Angeles on March 31, 2021, with a sign from a
recent rally against anti-Asian hate crimes she attended.
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