At the end of January, an 84-year-old Thai man in San Francisco was out on a morning walk. He was assaulted and died of his injuries. Then in Oakland's Chinatown, police say a man violently shoved three Asian men and women in public, injuring them as well. These incidents fit into a larger pattern of hate crimes and discrimination against Asian Americans all across the U-S, many related to the COVID-NINETEEN pandemic.The group Stop A-A-P-I Hate has been tracking such crimes since last March and, so far, it's recorded been more than TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED incidents nationwide.

Guest:
Manjusha Kulkarni, the Executive Director of Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council

At the end of January, an 84-year-old Thai man in San Francisco was out on a morning walk. He was assaulted and died of his injuries. Then in Oakland's Chinatown, police say a man violently shoved three Asian men and women in public, injuring them as well. These incidents fit into a larger pattern of hate crimes and discrimination against Asian Americans all across the U-S, many related to the COVID-NINETEEN pandemic.The group Stop A-A-P-I Hate has been tracking such crimes since last March and, so far, it's recorded been more than TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED incidents nationwide.
Guest:
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<li>Manjusha Kulkarni, the Executive Director of Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council</li>
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