People of Asian descent have been living in the United States for more than 160 years and have since been a target of bigotry. To understand the surge in Asian American hate we need to look at the violence and racism Asian immigrants and Asian Americans have faced since the Civil War.  Join us as we look at the historical events that have been at the core of anti-Asian sentiment in the United States.

Sources

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/03/18/history-anti-asian-violence-racism/
• https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/whites-massacre-chinese-in-wyoming-territory
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots#Ethnic_tensions 
• https://time.com/5938482/asian-american-attacks/ 
• https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/nyregion/asian-hate-crimes.html 
• https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/a-history-of-anti-asian-hate-in-the-united-states 
• https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/coronavirus-fears-show-how-model-minority-asian- americans-become-yellow-ncna1151671