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News Articles: Asian American

Xiao Zhen Xie, 75, is recovering after she was punched by a man in San Francisco. Her family says that despite being hurt, she fought back to defend herself.

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Asian Grandmother Who Smacked Her Attacker With A Board Donates Nearly $1 Million

The money will be donated to help defuse racism against the Asian American community. Xiao Zhen Xie's grandson wrote, "She insists on making this decision saying this issue is bigger than Her."

March 24, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
Georgia state Rep. Marvin Lim

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  • News

Lawmakers Brief: Spotlight On Asian American Legislators At Gold Dome

The Asian American community is still grieving a week after the spa killings in Atlanta. Lawmakers speaks to Georgia Rep. Marvin Lim.

March 23, 2021
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  • Fenly Foxen
Jenny Choi (left) and Kristi You place flowers Wednesday at the entrance of Gold Spa, one of three locations where deadly shootings happened in the Atlanta area this week.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: The 8 We Lost

We learned more about the suspect in the Georgia shootings than the victims, possibly because the women who died may have been too busy working to leave long histories on social media.

March 20, 2021
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  • Scott Simon
State Rep. Bee Nguyen (D-Atlanta) speaks at a press conference in the Georgia State Capitol Thursday, March 18, 2021.

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Georgia's Asian American Lawmakers Denounce Spa Shootings, Rise In Violence

Georgia's five Asian American lawmakers and their allies are calling for action against racism and misogyny after a 21-year-old white man was charged with killing eight people, including six women of Asian descent, in three shootings across the metro Atlanta area Tuesday.

March 18, 2021
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  • Stephen Fowler
In this Jan. 31, 2020, file photo, a masked worker cleans a street in the Chinatown district in San Francisco. Police and volunteers have increased their street presence after a series of violent attacks against older Asian residents in Bay Area cities stoked fear and subdued the celebratory mood leading up to the Lunar New Year. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

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Anger And Fear As Asian American Seniors Targeted In Bay Area Attacks

The assaults have prompted some businesses to close early, while volunteers have set up protective escorts for older residents.

February 12, 2021
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  • Eric Westervelt
Hayle tackles Henry during a game of football Black Hill Regional Park in Boyds, Md., on April 7, 2019.

Photographer Explores Asian American Identity In 'Where We're Really From'

Photographer Eric Lee finds his own childhood reflected in his multimedia project, "Where We're Really From." It explores growing up Asian American, through two young brothers, Henry and Hayle Pham.

November 28, 2020
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  • Kisha Ravi
In 2014, an advocacy group first filed a lawsuit, saying that Harvard's race-based considerations for applicants discriminated against Asian American students in process.

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  • Education

Appeals Court Rules Harvard Doesn't Discriminate Against Asian American Applicants

The panel of judges upheld a federal district court's decision from last year, teeing up a possible case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

November 12, 2020
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz

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