What’s Behind the Violence Against Asians in America

What’s Behind the Violence Against Asians in America

By Tsiwen Law, Esq.

Only a few weeks ago, a video captured a young man knocking down three elderly Asians in Oakland Chinatown. Those attacks came on the heels of an 84-year-old Thai gentleman knocked down and killed during his daily walk in San Francisco and a Filipino elder slashed in the face while on a New York Subway. In its statement about anti-Asian violence, the Philadelphia Mayor’s Commission on

Asian-American Affairs announced, “Unfortunately, even here in Philadelphia, there have

been verbal and physical attacks, as well as other displays of racism, directed at Asian Americans. In 2020, the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations (PCHR) received 28 reports of acts of hate against members of the AAPI community —19 were confirmed as incidents of hate or bias, representing 34 percent of the 56 total hate or bias incidents confirmed by the agency.”