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🚨 JUST OUT ➡️ The 2023 STAATUS Index
Now in its third year, the STAATUS Index (Social Tracking of #AsianAmericans in the US) is the leading nationally representative survey of Americans' attitudes towards #AsianAmericans
🧵of some findings @taaforg #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM
Now in its third year, the STAATUS Index (Social Tracking of #AsianAmericans in the US) is the leading nationally representative survey of Americans' attitudes towards #AsianAmericans
🧵of some findings @taaforg #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM
1 in 4 Americans believe that #AsianAmericans are MORE LOYAL to their country of origin than to the United States
1 in 5 Americans still believe that Asian Americans are partly responsible for #COVID19
1 in 5 Americans still believe that Asian Americans are partly responsible for #COVID19
31% of Americans believe that #AsianAmericans should be subject to MORE SCRUTINY when working in areas considered critical to US global strategic competitiveness
My sociological imagination expanded when I chose to READ ACROSS disciplinary boundaries & genres.
I'm ringing in '22 🎆 by giving props to 22 BRILLIANT #AsianAmerican #women political scientists, historians, health researchers, writers & creatives from whom I learn so much 🙏🏼🧵
I'm ringing in '22 🎆 by giving props to 22 BRILLIANT #AsianAmerican #women political scientists, historians, health researchers, writers & creatives from whom I learn so much 🙏🏼🧵
1/ @ProfJanelleWong, political scientist & co-Director of @AAPIData, wrote this searing piece @Medium about what the media gets wrong about anti-Asian violence & hate. She produces research & draws on it whenever she writes and speaks about #StopAsianHate
stopasianhate.medium.com/what-the-media…
stopasianhate.medium.com/what-the-media…
2/ @sarasadhwani (CA Redistricting Commissioner, political scientist, and researcher @AAPIData) co-authored this paper w/@KulkarniManju about the responsiveness of CBOs to #AAPI communities during the #COVID19 pandemic.
sarasadhwani.com/wp-content/upl…
sarasadhwani.com/wp-content/upl…
Like many in my community, I've been struggling with the acts of violence that happened this week. There's a lot of talk about "what to do next" and questions about "how to be better allies." For those of us in the entertainment industry, there's one concrete thing we can do (1/)
Commit to putting more #AAPI characters on television. (While we're at it, commit to including more marginalized & BIPOC characters overall!) The ent industry has used harmful tropes for decades, & it's time to commit to deliberate, meaningful choices in our storytelling. (2/)
Include more #AAPI, BIPOC, marginalized characters. That doesn't mean just adding one for the sake of adding them. If you include an AAPI character, that means infusing them with their own agency, drive, and backstory, not just reacting to white characters. (3/)
Denny Kim, pic (left) from yesterday, wks after 2 men broke his nose & beat him in LA Koreatown. "They called me chink, said 'You have the Chinese virus' and 'Go back to China.'" Kim didn't report initially bc he was afraid. Encouraged by others, he's got something to say (more)
Kim, like many AAPI's, has heard all these racial slurs before but ignored them. He now says "silence leads to violence" and Asian-Americans need to speak out and defend one another by being visible. #StopAAPIHate
Denny Kim shared this pic with me. He says he served in the US Air Force, serving his full service time for his country. Even in the military, Kim says he was called horrific racial slurs. He said nothing then, just focusing on doing his duty
Today, the House will vote on my resolution (#HRes908) that condemns anti-Asian sentiment related to #COVID19. @realDonaldTrump's use of China Virus & Kung Flu 2 describe the virus have scapegoated #AAPIs as carriers of the new coronavirus. This is wrong & dangerous.
A thread 1/
A thread 1/
Last month, @A3PCON released its national report that shows the severity of wrongfully describing #COVID19 as "China Virus", "Kung Flu", or "Wuhan Virus".
From March to May, there were 2,583 reports of anti-Asian incidents.
It is likely there are many unreported acts too. 2/
From March to May, there were 2,583 reports of anti-Asian incidents.
It is likely there are many unreported acts too. 2/
The majority of hate incidents in the national report were verbal harassment at 70.6%, followed by shunning at 21.8%, and physical assault at 8.7%.
These statistics came from 47 states with the highest number of cases in California (46%), NY (14%), and WA (4%).
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These statistics came from 47 states with the highest number of cases in California (46%), NY (14%), and WA (4%).
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