"Silenced but not invisible, visualizing Asian Americans across the country"
This interactive map shows location markers for reported Asian Hate attacks in the past 15 years. You can choose which year you want to view and can also view short descriptions and news articles on the specific hate crimes. The purpose of this map is to give insight into how drastically Asian Hate crimes have increased over the past few years and a broader understanding of how widespread Asian hate crimes are around the United States.
Online as well, Social Media proved to be a platform for hate to proliferate. In the first eight months of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers examined the tweets issued by both Republican and Democrat general election candidates for the offices of President, Vice President, and U.S. Senator. Researchers searched for tweets that contained any terms relating to AAPI from their accounts, and analyzed their rhetoric and intent.
Word/Tagcloud of the most recent tweets for the given query, the larger the word the more it was used
VADER Sentiment Analysis of Live Tweets
This graph shows the correlation between anti-Asian hate crimes and COVID-19 infection rates in California between January 2019 to September 2020. The vertical red line intersecting March 2020 indicated when the lockdown mandates began taking place around the United States. In March 2020, infection rates significantly increased and by the end of the month over 8000 people were infected. At the time, people began to panic and buy extra groceries, fight over hand sanitizer, and, most unfortunately, pin the blame of the virus on Asians. As seen in California, hate crime reports shot up from 4 to 17 once COVID cases began to rise. That is an absurd increase of 325% in 1 month! Over time as cases grew, however, the line of hate crimes is seen decreasing. There are multiple potential factors that we considered to interpret this data: Not all hate crimes are reported to the police due to limited English proficiency and the inability to report a hate crime in their primary language or a distrust of the police. Therefore, the real numbers may not be reflected in our data. As the lockdown progressed over time, less people were outside and less hate crimes were reported as a result.
This bar graph shows the number of anti - Asian hate crimes in 12 cities in America and Canada.From 2019 to 2020, hate crimes increased in all cities, and this also shows how racism and Asian hate is also a pressing international issue.The false blaming many people placed on Asians has negatively impacted the lives of many Asians.