Righting Wrongs: How Civil Rights Can Protect Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Against Racism

More than 11,000 acts of hate against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have been reported to the national coalition Stop AAPI Hate since March 2020 and the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this nationally representative survey of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders entitled “Righting Wrongs: How Civil Rights Can Protect Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Against Racism,” the authors investigate the nature and extent of the problem. They find that nearly half of AAPIs nationwide have experienced potentially illegal discrimination, which can lead to harmful mental health effects. Only 20 percent of these civil rights violations are reported and 60 percent of AAPIs want to learn more about how to protect themselves. Stop AAPI Hate believes that new and more comprehensive civil rights laws are needed to address the “ongoing, pervasive, and unchecked discrimination” against AAPI communities. The report offers policy recommendations for federal and state governments to address the discrimination that plagues all communities of color and other historically marginalized groups, as well as reflections and recommendations for researchers looking to study diverse communities. (The Immigrant Learning Center’s Public Education Institute)

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