People take part in a rally against hate and confront the rising violence against Asian Americans at Columbus Park in the Chinatown section of the Manhattan borough of New York, on Sunday, March 21, 2021. - AP
MANILA (The Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): Last week, six Asian American women, four of Korean descent, were killed in shootings in the US state of Georgia.
Some may consider this to be an isolated case but according to research released by a forum Stop AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islanders) Hate, close to 3,800 anti-Asian incidents were reported from March 2020 to February 2021, with 68 per cent of the attacks directed against women.
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