Brutal Attacks Against Bay Area Asian Americans Spur Calls for Action Statewide

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🗓️ 16 February 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Communities in the Bay Area are reeling from a recent spate of violent attacks against elderly Asian Americans that left one 84-year old San Francisco resident dead and several others injured. The attacks are part of growing number of hate incidents targeting Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders statewide, according Stop AAPI Hate, which recorded more than 1200 self-reported instances of assault and harassment in California between March and December of last year. We’ll talk about how anti-Asian violence is affecting individuals and communities and what can be done to stop it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.2	Coming up on forum, communities in the Bay Area are reeling from a recent spade of violent attacks against elderly Asian Americans that left one 84-year-old San Francisco resident dead and several others injured,
1:12.3	including a 91-year-old man in Oakland's Chinatown. And even before these incidents,
1:17.8	Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders nationwide were seeing a spike in hate crimes and verbal
1:22.8	harassment during the pandemic. In this hour, we look at the toll these attacks are taking
1:27.4	on individuals,
1:29.1	communities, and efforts to stop them. Join us.
1:49.1	This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim.
2:01.6	Rallies over the weekend, donations, and volunteer efforts are trying to bring a measure of healing and comfort to communities reeling from a spade of violent attacks against elderly Asian Americans, including the fatal attack on 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakti,
2:05.6	a Thai man who came to San Francisco to help care for his grandkids.
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