Over the past year, attacks on Asian Americans have increased more than 150% over the previous year, including the March 16 murders of eight people, including six Asian American women, in Atlanta. Some of these attacks may be classified as hate crimes. But whether they meet that legal definition or not, they all fit a long history of viewing Asian Americans in particular ways that make discrimination and violence against them more likely.
Pawan Dhingra
Pawan Dhingra is the professor of Sociology and American Studies and the Faculty Equity and Inclusion Officer at Amherst College. Pawan has also served as a Museum Curator at the Smithsonian Institution. He has published op-eds and is an award-winning author and teacher.
