Combatting Asian hate is essential for upholding the fundamental human rights of Asian individuals and communities. Every individual deserves to live free from discrimination, harassment, and violence based on their race or ethnicity.
On February 29, 2024, the first-ever digital resource, the Asian Resource Hub, launched. The hub is a unique digital resource developed in collaboration between Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California (AJSOCAL), Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC), and Microsoft. Access to the hub is free to all at asianresourcehub.org.
This new resource serves a dual purpose: 1) to illustrate the surge of hatred through data from a combination of reports (surveys, hate trackers, law enforcement, and public records) about the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities (AAPIs) and 2) to provide a searchable national directory of resources and culturally competent services that offer help in Asian languages. The website is currently translated into Chinese (Traditional & Simplified), Korean, and Vietnamese.
Connie Chung Joe, CEO, of Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California stated, “The Asian Resource Hub is a direct response to the ongoing discrimination against our community during, and because of, the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a crucial need for AAPIs to find vetted, language-accessible, and culturally competent resources when and where help is needed. The impact of hatred and discrimination is too often devastating and complex.”
Connie Chung Joe
John C. Yang, President, of Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) said, “There’s a profound absence of quality data reflecting the hate incidents and experiences endured. With the Asian Resource Hub, our goal is clear: to fill these gaps, and provide awareness and data that empower the AAPI community to confront and overcome these challenges.”
Merisa Heu-Weller, General Manager, Technology for Fundamental Rights, Microsoft commented, “By understanding and analyzing data we can provide insights for community members to better understand what is happening in the neighborhoods where they live, work, and play.”
Merisa Heu-Weller
The Asian Resource Hub provides public data on the AAPI community by illustrating the scope of widespread anti-Asian discrimination and hate in the U.S. using storytelling narratives and the
Microsoft-powered PowerBI data visualization platform based on data collected by StopAAPIHate.org, StandAgainstHatred.org, the U.S. Census Bureau, FBI reports Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, local law enforcement, and other sources.
The Asian Resource Hub demonstrates the growth and needs of the AAPI community, from before, during, and after the COVID-19 era. By presenting data in a visually compelling manner, the Asian Resource Hub aims to raise awareness and foster a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by these communities.
Overall, stopping Asian hate is a moral imperative and a collective responsibility that requires ongoing commitment from individuals, communities, governments, and institutions to foster a world where diversity is embraced, and all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.
