Nearly 3,800 hate crime incidents were reported against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in 50 states in the US over the last year, according to Stop AAPI Hate.
In a report released on Tuesday, March 17, the group said at least 3,795 incidents between March 19 and February 28 have been reported.
"The number of hate incidents reported to our center represents only a fraction of the number of hate incidents that actually occur, but it does show how vulnerable Asian Americans are to discrimination, and the types of discrimination they face," Stop AAPI Hate said.
The group, however, added that the number could be higher since not all incidents are being reported.
Among the common types of discrimination were verbal harassment which is composed of 68.1 percent, and shunning or deliberate avoidance of Asian Americans at 20.5 percent, making up the two largest proportions of the total incidents.
Meanwhile, about 11 percent of the reports involved physical assault; 8.5 percent for civil rights violations; and 6.8 percent for incidents of online harassment.
It was also found out that the Chinese are the largest ethnic group (42.2 percent) that are experiencing hate incidents, followed by Koreans (14.8 percent), Vietnamese (8.5 percent), and Filipinos (7.9 percent).
These hate incidents mostly took place against women, in businesses, public streets, parks. and through online, the report added.
On the same day the report was released, eight people, six of them Asians, were killed in multiple shootings at three spas in Atlanta.
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On March 15, a Filipino-Chinese man was attacked in San Francisco, California and was left partially blind after he was punched multiple times in the head.
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In February, a Filipino American had to receive almost 100 stitches after he was slashed by another passenger on the New York City subway.
Noel Quintana, 61, who is based in New York, said the assailant was reportedly kicking his backpack during the train ride and when he confronted him to stop, the man attacked him and slashed his face with a box cutter.
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On January 31, an 84-year-old Thai national, Vicha Ratanapakdee, was walking in the San Francisco area when an unidentified man ran across the street and violently shoved him to the ground. His head hit the pavement and later died.
Days later, a 91-year-old Asian man was also violently shoved to the ground in Oakland’s Chinatown.
On New Years Eve, Angelo Quinto, 30, a Navy veteran who was born in the Philippines, died after an officer knelt on his neck for almost five minutes.
Read more: Fil-Am family in California files wrongful death lawsuit vs local police
Stop AAPI Hate, formed last March, is a national coalition aimed at addressing anti-Asian discrimination during the coronavirus pandemic.