WASHINGTON — As if running a restaurant during a pandemic wasn’t tough enough, Christopher Wong also had to contend with a racist troll. “I will not have my dog eat in this place because they might cook him,” read the Yelp review of Wong’s eatery, the Curry Up Cafe in suburban Los Angeles. “The owner […]
S.F. Supervisor names man suspected of assaulting immigrant rights commissioner Gregory Chew
August 18, 2022 by Leave a Comment
San Francisco Police arrested a man they believe attacked former city film, arts, and immigrant rights commissioner Gregory Chew, who was assaulted the evening of Aug. 2 near 3rd and Folsom streets. According to the office of Supervisor Matt Dorsey — in whose District 6 Chew resides — police arrested 34-year-old Derrick Yearby of San […]
Man punches father, child in suspected anti-Asian bias crime
July 7, 2022 by Leave a Comment
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man punched a father and his 5-year-old daughter riding bikes on Portland’s Eastbank Esplanade near the Hawthorne Bridge in an alleged anti-Asian bias crime July 2, police said. The suspect approached a family from California on the bike path south of the bridge about 3:45 p.m. and started making comments […]
Cross-racial solidarity against racist violence: The legacy of Vincent Chin
June 9, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Forty years ago, on the eve of his wedding, a young Chinese American named Vincent Chin was fatally beaten with a baseball bat on the streets of Detroit by two white men shouting anti-Asian slurs. The miscarriage of justice that followed – neither assailant served a day in jail for the crime – marked the […]
Fighting back against anti-Asian hate
April 28, 2022 by Leave a Comment
After being a victim of what she described as an anti-Asian verbal incident in August 2020 in Los Angeles that went viral online, Hong Lee decided to take action for the Asian American community. After taking a self-defense class at Box for Change, Los Angeles, Lee began talking to a few friends about how they […]
California state lawmakers introduce two bills to combat anti-Asian hate crime
March 3, 2022 by Leave a Comment
California lawmakers introduced two bills in the state Legislature Feb. 17 aimed at combating the surge of hate crimes targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The Web portal Stop AAPI Hate, which allows victims of hate crime to self report incidents in one of several Asian languages, has logged over 9,000 reports since March 2020. […]
Man charged in anti-Asian rant against Olympic athlete
September 30, 2021 by Leave a Comment
ORANGE, Calif. — Prosecutors filed a hate crime charge against a 26-year-old man Sept. 24 in connection with an anti-Asian rant targeted at a Japanese American Olympic athlete in Southern California earlier this year. The defendant, Michael Orlando Vivona, was previously charged with attacking an elderly Asian couple while they took a walk in the […]
AG Bonta meets with city leaders for 1st of several statewide discussions to prevent hate crimes
September 16, 2021 by Leave a Comment
California Attorney General Rob Bonta met with San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Police Chief Bill Scott, and community leaders on Sept. 9 in the city’s Visitacion Valley to have a discussion on hate crimes. The event was the first in a series of roundtable discussions being held by Bonta with leaders throughout the state, focusing […]
FBI releases ads asking hate crime victims to come forward
June 10, 2021 by Leave a Comment
SAN FRANCISCO — The FBI’s San Francisco office launched a publicity campaign to encourage the victims of hate crimes to come forward, federal officials announced May 6. The bureau placed an ad on a city train that reads “Speak Up, Be Heard, Report Now. Report Hate Crimes to the FBI.†The ad also lists a […]
JA community responds to anti-Asian hate
April 29, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Though the Japanese American community has so far been spared from the brunt of the rise of anti-Asian hate currently making headlines across the United States, many Nikkei are nevertheless concerned. “There are a lot of people who are very worried about it. They’re scared,†retired San Jose Police Department Lt. Rich Saito, told the […]
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