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Asian Americans and U.S. Law

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hearings, one federal response to anti-Asian racism 2023

An sampling of current dialogues can be seen in this 4 minute clip of highlights of Asian American leaders who testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: The Federal Response to Anti-Asian Racism in the United States.

At minute marker: 0:42 Jo-Ann Yoo, Asian American Federation talks about multilingual services

1:17 John Yang, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC advocates for inclusive education to deter hate

1:59 Cynthia Choi, Chinese for Affirmative Action describes one anti-AAPI, anti-LGBT hate incident of the 11,000 incidents

2:30 Jennifer Wu, Asian American Bar Association of New York complains that there was no federal response to anti-Asian racism

3:15 Manjusha P. Kulkarni, AAPI Equity Alliance explains the long history of violence against both East Asians and South Asians since 9/11.

Tell your story and share your insights with the US Commission on Civil Rights via public comment at antiasianhatecrimes@usccr.gov #stopasianhate