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We take a look at the ongoing rise in hate incidents against Asians in the U.S., a long-running history of anti-Asian racism, and a new push by Asian Americans ” especially in underserved communities ” to expose and overcome this ugly side of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode (the first of a three-part series by Self Evident), we hear the stories of these two Asian Americans on the frontlines of anti-Asian hate. Then, with a little help from researcher and activist Melissa Borja, we unpack the impact of these hate incidents and how Asian Americans are responding to them across the country.
Sojung Yi, Resident Physician in Emergency Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital and UCSF Hospital
Charlie Wang, photographer
Melissa Borja, Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, leader of the Virulent Hate Project, and contributing researcher to Stop AAPI Hate
