The anti-Asian hate spike during the pandemic is just a continuation of American patterns

It has been 10 years since a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the northern coast of Japan triggered a tsunami that washed away towns and fertile farmland and caused a catastrophic nuclear meltdown. Recovery efforts are still ongoing. The Great East Japan Earthquake struck at 2:46 p.m. off the…

In the past decade, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) have gone from being the least represented community among voters to having the greatest increase in voter turnout. In a Pacific Ties article titled “Events raise voter awareness in API community,” published in the Fall 2010 issue, writer…