Hello, listener.

Today's show is about anti-Asian hate crimes and features some strong language and descriptions

of violence.

The second Joe Biden got into office, he started cranking out executive orders.

A lot of stuff you'd expect, immigration, climate, COVID, but there was also one specifically

about Asian Americans.

In that order, Joe Biden explicitly condemned anti-Asian racism, which we've seen surge

during the pandemic.

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And on top of that, he called on agencies to strip any racist language that they may

see in official documents.

So terms like the China virus, for example, which, as we know, Trump used frequently to talk

about the coronavirus.

The China flu, the China virus, the plague from China, we have to be at Kung flu.

Biden also asked the DOJ to do a better job tracking incidents of hate crimes against Asian

Americans.

And that's an effort that's ongoing until today.

And today, as many Americans look forward to vaccines and moving on from this pandemic,

Asian Americans are being attacked.

Yes, it's been a huge spike in anti-Asian incidents.

There have been more than 2,800, according to stop AAPI hate and organization that's been

tracking these reports.

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