HuffPost: Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Rose 150% In Major U.S. Cities, Study Finds

HuffPost: Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Rose 150% In Major U.S. Cities, Study Finds. “Hate crimes targeting Asian Americans rose 150% in America’s largest cities last year, even as overall hate crimes decreased, according to alarming new data released Tuesday. There were 122 hate crimes targeting Asian Americans in 16 of the country’s most populous cities in 2020, according to a study of police records by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, compared to 49 such crimes in those cities in 2019.”