Anti-Asian Racism

Rallies across Massachusetts calling to end anti-racism against Asian-Americans. Mike Manzoni has the latest.

Racism against Asian Americans is nothing new to those who have experienced it. But a recent rise in violent crimes against them has ignited deep-rooted fears and drawn national attention. Now, members of the Asian-American community and their allies are calling for people to educate themselves and end the hate.

At a rally in Roxbury, nine people shared their experiences and protested for an end to anti-Asian hate.

K-pop superstar group BTS has condemned racism against Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

“Saturday Night Live” addressed the recent surge of anti-Asian violence across the U.S. in a segment led by cast member Bowen Yang that’s now going viral.

Comedian Jay Leno issued an apology Wednesday for years of jokes targeting Asians, concluding a 15-year lobbying effort by an Asian American media watchdog group. Leno’s apology came in a joint statement issued by the 70-year-old former talk show host and the Media Action Network for Asian Americans. The group had raised concerns about remarks Jeno made while host of...

Members of Vermont’s Asian community are working to raise awareness that their state is not immune to the type of racism or threats that have been reported nationwide since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Paul Yoon indicated that to him, Vermont’s reputation as a great place to live is often true — but not always. “It’s not easy...

When a local restaurant, LJ Shanghai, was targeted with anti-Asian hate calls, the community raised money and support for the owner and her restaurant.

The activist group “Running to Protest” brought New Yorkers together to rally and run a 5K in solidarity with Black and Asian Americans.

A diverse crowd gathered Saturday near the Georgia state Capitol to demand justice for the victims of recent shootings at spas and to denounce racism, xenophobia and misogyny.

A deadly rampage at three Georgia massage businesses, where the employees were mostly of Asian descent, has prompted Asian American women to openly share stories of being sexually harassed or demeaned based on their race.

After a spate of deadly shootings at spas in Georgia put the Asian community on edge across the United States this week, people in Quincy, Massachusetts, are coming together to stop the spread of discrimination. Lorraine Tse is an American citizen, but she recalls a disturbing encounter with a woman around the start of the pandemic, which still fuels discrimination…

President Joe Biden traveled to the Atlanta area to meet with members of the Asian-American community affected by a series of deadly shootings. In Quincy, Massachusetts, people are coming together to stop the spread of discrimination.

In a personal interview with Drew Barrymore, Ashley Park explained the fear she is experiencing as a Korean-American and what allies can do to help.

Even as the man accused of killing six women of Asian descent in the metro Atlanta area told authorities he was motivated by a sexual addiction not racism, Asian American women were describing on Twitter the ways that sexualization and racism were inextricably intertwined.

Asian Americans were already worn down by a year of pandemic-fueled racist attacks when a white gunman was charged with killing eight people, most of them Asian women, at three Atlanta-area massage businesses

An Asian American couple in New York City says they were verbally attacked by a stranger who told them to “go back to China” over the weekend.

Despite a record number of racist and violent attacks against people of Asian descent in the U.S., many victims don’t come forward and Alex Wong was one of them. The Canada-born ballet dancer, whose career span Broadway shows, “So You Think You Can Dance” and blockbusters like “The Greatest Showman” and “In the Heights,” says he has been shaken...

“You cannot disconnect this violence from the racial stereotypes that people attach to Asian women,” Trevor Noah said on “The Daily Show.”

With a recent rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, the term “bamboo ceiling” has taken on new meaning.