Thread by @ProfJanelleWong

I did review of 4 types of data, 9 sources on anti-Asian hate. The data challenge dominant narrative - perpetrators not mostly Black, victims not mostly elderly, & anti-Asian hate, while horrific, not mostly violent. via @kimmythepooh @NBCAsianAmerica nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…

Ful report is here: docs.google.com/document/d/19l…

Multiple sources of data show an marked increase in hate incidents targeting Asian Americans after the start of the pandemic and the vast majority of incidents consist of “verbal harassment” and “shunning.”

2019-2020, largest increases in reported anti-Asian hate crimes (hc) were in NYC (3 to 28 anti-Asian crimes, increase of 833%) and Sacramento (1 to 8, increase of 700%); after this spike reported anti-Asian hc accounted for 11% of all reported hc in NYC and 14% in Sacramento

In 2019, 58% of reported hate crimes were motivated by anti-Black bias; 14% by anti-Latino bias and 4% by anti-Asian bias. We have seen an increase in anti-Asian hate crimes between 2019-2020, but hate crimes are an endemic problem faced by many vulnerable communities.

Survey data, different from law enforcement- show from 2021 AAPIData/SurveyMonkey show that 27% of Asian American reported ever experiencing a hate crime or hate incident. Meanwhile, 34% of Black, 27% of Latinx, 25% of Native American and 24% of PI respondents say the same

Over the course of the pandemic, 7% of people reporting to StopAAPIHate were over age 60. The Virulent Hate Project at the University of Michigan shows that about 3% of Asian American victims identified in news coverage were seniors.

All racial groups are uncomfortable reporting a hate crime to law enforcement, with Asian Americans more uncomfortable with reporting

75% of offenders anti-Asian hate crimes and hate incidents identified as white, though data are often missing; Critical to contextualize social media/crime news coverage of such incidents- research shows that the both overreport and overrepresent Black suspects.