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Hate crimes
against Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are,
sadly, not a new phenomenon. What is new is the recent
and drastic spike in how many of these crimes are happening
and how severe they've become since the beginning of the
COVID-19 pandemic. People in AAPI communities are
experiencing verbal and digital harassment, they are
getting physically attacked in the streets, and they are being
openly discriminated against at jobs and in social settings.
A report by the group Stop AAPI Hate revealed
that there were over 3,800 hate crimes committed against AAPI
from March 2020 to the end of February 2021 in the United
States.
And yet, you wouldn't
really know it if you only watch one of the Big 3 cable
network news stations in the U.S. These outlets may
cover particularly egregious cases for a day or two, like the
tragic mass shooting of Asian women who worked at massage
parlors in Georgia. But this heinous cruelty has been
happening at an alarming rate for months, and that encompasses
many more incidents — it deserves far more attention
and more public denouncement! These stations in large
part control the public narrative around these crimes, and
when they pick and choose what to cover just so it will fit
their own narrative (like far right-wing outlet Fox
news only showing incidents in which a member of another
racial minority is the one commiting the hate crime), they themselves are contributing to this problem
of discrimination and violence.
That's why we are asking
that MSNBC, CNN and Fox News more comprehensively and
responsibly cover this massive uptick in hate crimes against
Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders. Sign the petition to add your voice to this
urgent call!
Thank you,
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Lauren
The Care2 Petitions Team
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P.S. There have
been almost 4,000 hate crimes against members of the AAPI
community in the past year. Tell these news stations to tell the true story
of what's happening. |
