US Leaders Should Combat Anti-Asian Racism, Xenophobia

Click to expand Image In this screenshot, a man helps a shop owner pick up a display stand after a group of teenagers vandalize the store in Chinatown San Francisco on March 16, 2020. © 2020 CrimesAgainstAsians/Facebook People of Asian descent in the United States have faced two pandemics in 2020: Covid-19 and its resulting racism and xenophobia. The reporting center, STOP AAPI HATE, received more than 2,373 self-reported incidents of racism, hate speech, discrimination, and physical attacks against Asians and Asian Americans from March to July 2020. In California, women reported almost…

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