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Anti-Asian violence skyrocketed during the pandemic. In his first address to the nation, President Biden said it was “wrong and un-American.”

But anti-Asian racism has long been a part of US history. It's just been historically invisible.
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“Go back to China.” “Do you speak English?”

A lifetime of subtle racism, crude stereotypes and degrading comments were brushed off both within the Asian American and Pacific Islander community outside of it.
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The model minority myth, experts say, harmfully overlooked racism while giving a perception that the AAPI community was not as disadvantaged as our minority populations.

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“Not recognizing such diversity and erasing our identities is yet another form white supremacy, with too high a price tag,” Opinion contributor @beingsarahkim writes.

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A desire to assimilate and obtain equality in society led some members of the AAPI community to deny discrimination experienced.

Yohey Horishita said he “tried so hard” to dampen his accent and didn’t want to admit he was seen as a foreigner in the US.

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Anti-Asian racism intensified alongside the pandemic. President Trump, Republican lawmakers, and others used racial slurs to blame China for the virus.

Because of this heightened discrimination, Chloe Eoyang says she wishes she was more invisible now.
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Many racial justice advocates have pointed out that white supremacy pits Asian Americans against other communities of color and can prevent historically oppressed groups from standing in solidarity with each other.

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The Black Lives Matter movement and this current movement to #StopAAPIHate are connected.

Community organizing combats racist structures and creates a coalition of people of color, connected together, in order to fight.

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