LOS ANGELES, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Educational shortcomings allow harmful stereotypes about Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) to proliferate and drive anti-AAPI sentiment in the United States, said New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker in a recent opinion article published by CNN.
Falsely blamed for the global spread of COVID-19, the AAPI community has been subjected to violent attacks over and over since the start of the pandemic, said the governors in the article titled "Our educational shortcomings drive anti-AAPI sentiment," which was posted on CNN website on Friday, noting that there has been a 339 percent increase in anti-AAPI hate crimes nationwide in the last year alone.
