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A recent shooting in the Atlanta area killed eight people. Six of them were women of Asian descent.

It's one of the nearly 4000 hate incidents against this group over the last year.

Today, we take a look at anti-Asian violence.

We want to hear from you, too. Have you been targeted by racism or xenophobia during the pandemic?

GUESTS:
Na-Rae Kim - Assistant Professor in residence and Associate Director at the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at UConn
Glenn Mitoma - Assistant Professor of Human Rights and Education and Director of Dodd Impact at UConn’s Human Rights Institute
Attorney General William Tong -  Attorney General for the state of Connecticut

Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

A recent shooting in the Atlanta area killed eight people. Six of them were women of Asian descent.
It's one of the&nbsp;<a href="https://secureservercdn.net/104.238.69.231/a1w.90d.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/210312-Stop-AAPI-Hate-National-Report-.pdf">nearly 4000 hate incidents against this group over the last year</a>.
Today, we take a look at anti-Asian violence.
We want to hear from you, too. Have you been targeted by racism or xenophobia during the pandemic?
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Na-Rae Kim -&nbsp;Assistant Professor in residence and Associate Director at the Asian and Asian American Studies Institute at UConn</li>
<li>Glenn Mitoma -&nbsp;Assistant Professor of Human Rights and Education and Director of Dodd Impact at UConn&rsquo;s Human Rights Institute</li>
<li>Attorney General William Tong -&nbsp;&nbsp;Attorney General for the state of Connecticut</li>
</ul>
Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

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