US Civil Rights Group Creates 1st Anti-Asian Hate Crime Tracker
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People rally against hate crimes. | Photo: Reuters
Stories of hate against Asians often don't show up in national data, indicating that the hate tracker will prove to be very useful.
The number of hate crimes against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States has escalated dramatically in recent years, prompting civil rights group, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, to launch the first-ever hate-crimes tracker against this group of people.
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The new website, standagainsthatred.org, tracks hate incidents submitted from around the country, which are posted anonymously.
"We've always recognized that hate incidents have been an issue," said AAJC Executive Director John Yang...