At a store in Alhambra, a worker refused to ring up Asian American customers, hurling a racial insult at one. At a school in Texas, students picked on Asian American classmates, saying they had the coronavirus and everyone should stay away from them. In March, people around the country reported more than 2,800 anti-Asian hate incidents to Stop AAPI Hate. But law enforcement agencies around the country are also seeing a large increase in reported anti-Asian hate crimes. Nearly two-thirds of the more than 6,600 anti-Asian incidents reported from last March to this March involved verbal harassment.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 07, 2021 12:03 UTC