USC’s AAPI Heritage Month kicked off on May 3, 2021 with a special online event featuring USC President Carol Folt, U.S. Rep. Judy Chu, students and faculty. This year, a special focus was on celebrating diversity and coming together to combat the rise of anti-Asian hate. Continue reading USC Celebrates 2021 AAPI Heritage Month
According to a fall 2020 survey published this month by USC, nearly 25% of Asian, Asian American or Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students at USC reported experiencing discriminatory or harassing behaviors related to COVID-19 because of their race. Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander students, faculty and staff at USC urge their fellow Trojans to listen, … Continue reading Recent killings in Georgia raise awareness of ongoing anti-Asian hate and spur calls for action
The COVID-19 crisis exposes just the latest example of persistent racism against Asian Americans, who would do well to ally with other minorities to enact change, argues Adrian De Leon, professor of American studies and ethnicity at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Read the full story at the USC Dornsife College … Continue reading The long history of U.S. racism against Asian Americans, from ‘yellow peril’ to ‘model minority’ to the ‘Chinese virus
Racism targeted at Asians and Asian Americans has grown since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. COVID-19, which originated in and devastated parts of China, has spread to new countries and the media, including CNN, The New York Times, the New Yorker, and The Wall Street Journal, have documented the growing number of discriminatory incidents. … Continue reading Discrimination Against Asian, Black Americans More Likely Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with rising reports of crimes targeting people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent. On March 16, a white man was charged with killing eight people, including six women of Asian and Pacific Islander descent, at Atlanta-area spas. While the mass killing and possible motives continue to be investigated, many … Continue reading In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a wave of anti-Asian violence has risen
In a letter to the USC community, USC President Carol Folt addressed the rise of anti-Asian hate and expressed her solidarity with the Asian Pacific Islander and Desi community in the aftermath of the Atlanta killing of six Asian women. “Hatred has no place at our university. We must stand up to bigotry and discrimination, … Continue reading USC President Folt Releases Statement in Support of Asian Pacific Islander and Desi Community
