Communities of color, particularly Latino and Asian American communities, grew in numbers over the last decade, according to race and ethnicity data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday, Aug. 12. Southern California counties by and large reflected the national and state trends when it came to race, with big increases in multiracial populations...
Reports of anti-Asian incidents experienced a continued rise in recent months, new research shows. Reporting forum Stop AAPI Hate released national data on anti-Asian bias incidents Thursday, revealing that over the course of roughly 15 months during the pandemic, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders reported more than 9,081 incidents. About one-fourth of those incidents were...
A U.S. Census poll released earlier this month found that Asian American households were twice as likely as white households to admit they did not have enough food during the pandemic because they were afraid to go out, not because of trouble. of affordability or transportation. In contrast, households from other racial groups said they...
While only a minority of Asian-Americans have embraced a common identity, according to Wong, the rates are higher among younger generations and those born in the US. There are plenty of peculiarities. Even though many Indian-Americans have adopted Asian-American identity, many of those whose origins are in east Asia do not accept them as such...
At 79 percent, immigrants from Burma have the highest LEP rates among Asian Americans and it is notable that even among the Asian American immigrant groups with lower LEP rates, about one-third of the population faces challenges communicating in English, he told the Senators. Mr. Yang said despite popular misconceptions, including misleading surveys that excluded...
Racist incidents targeting Asian Americans occurred before COVID-19, but the pandemic has increased the frequency and level of bullying, worrying Asian American students and their parents, said an article published by The Columbus Dispatch, a daily newspaper based in Ohio, on Monday. One in eight Asian Americans reported hate incidents in 2020, according to AAPI...
Michelle Steel was born in South Korea and raised in Japan. Last year, she became one of the first Korean American women elected to the U.S. Congress, winning a seat in the House of Representatives. While running for office, she faced challenges that come with being an immigrant. "I have a very shy personality, so...
After the Census Legacies table, U.S. Census Bureau and Center for Social Innovation at UC Riverside hosted an Imperial County Data Summit on Wednesday, July 14, Data Dissemination Specialist, Armando Mendoza looks to host a series of data workshops starting Friday. Mendoza has worked in the role for over eight years, with 12 years total...
About 150 Chinese American high school and college students from across the United States are engaging online with a young presidential and congressional campaign worker, peppering him with questions. “When you’re campaigning, how do you really mobilize Asian Americans?” asks Luis Xu, a high school student from Illinois, during a weeklong civics program designed to...
By Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor |
On Monday, July 12, Governor Newsom signed the state budget, which funds the University of California for academic year 21-22. The budget restores UC funding to pre-pandemic levels and funds important initiatives. Though we still face the challenges of increased fixed costs, the difference between last year and this year is a significant improvement. We...
The University of California Board of Regents today (July 21) appointed UC Berkeley law student Marlenee Blas Pedral to be the 2022-23 student regent. Blas Pedral is the 48th student regent, a position established in 1975. She will serve as the student regent-designate for the coming year, able to participate in all deliberations, and will...
Four UC Berkeley research entities have received research awards from California 100, an ambitious statewide initiative to envision and shape the long-term success of the state. The awards, along with technical assistance from the Institute For The Future, will enable the Berkeley Institute for Young Americans, the Center for Environmental Public Policy, the Graduate School...
Ever since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, anti-AAPI violence and hate crimes have skyrocketed and show no sign of stopping. In July 2020, an 89-year-old Asian woman’s back was set on fire in broad daylight in Brooklyn. In February of this year, a 36-year-old man Asian man was stabbed in the back...
ASIAN Americans cheered the July 12 passage of California’s API Equity Budget, a three-year $156 million initiative which seeks to equip the AAPI community with resources to combat hate crimes. “This is historic and unprecedented. It is the outcome of many community-based organizations who rallied to get this support to find the best ways we...
Ever since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, anti-AAPI violence and hate crimes have skyrocketed and show no sign of stopping. In July 2020, an 89-year-old Asian woman’s back was set on fire in broad daylight in Brooklyn. In February of this year, a 36-year-old man Asian man was stabbed in the back...
Asian Americans cheered the July 12 passage of California’s API Equity Budget, a three-year $156 million initiative which seeks to equip the AAPI community with resources to combat hate crimes. “This is historic and unprecedented. It is the outcome of many community-based organizations who rallied to get this support to find the best ways we...
It was important to be “thoughtful and intentional” while putting together this funding package, said Karthick Ramakrishnan, a member of the Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs. “This was not about reaching for policing as the dominant solution, but how to build resilience in the face of hate as well as economic and...
It was important to be “thoughtful and intentional” while putting together this funding package, said Karthick Ramakrishnan, a member of the Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs. “This was not about reaching for policing as the dominant solution, but how to build resilience in the face of hate as well as economic and...
Historic funding: California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the historic Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Equity Budget on Monday as part of the state’s new $100 billion spending bill, NBC reported. Led by the API Legislative Caucus, California’s funding plan for the AAPI community is the largest allocated by any state. It is over 15 times...
Official law enforcement data show that in 2019, Black people continued to be the most targeted racial group. In that year, 58% of reported hate crimes were motivated by anti-Black bias, 14% by anti-Hispanic bias, and 4% by anti-Asian bias. This aligns with historical data documented in a 2021 publication by Yan Zhang and colleagues...
