Asians of varying national backgrounds have suffered a surge of attacks this year, which activists linked to the pandemic’s emergence in China. They’re angry and fearful and want to take it out on Asian Americans even more,” said Russell Jeung, professor of Asian-American studies at San Francisco State University. The FBI has warned of a rise in hate crimes against Asian-Americans since the coronavirus pandemic began, according to media reports citing internal documents. “Our mission is to observe, record and report,” said Leanna Louie, a San Francisco businesswoman who started patrol group United Peace Corp. “We want to harness the power of social media as the #MeToo movement has, especially when we can’t march and rally,” she said.

Source: bd News24 May 29, 2020 10:52 UTC