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Types of agentic responses to racial violence in the workplace. Credit: Journal of Management Studies (2022). DOI: 10.1111/joms.12898 The COVID-19 pandemic challenged any notion that Asian Americans are a privileged, white-adjacent group skirting above racism. To more fully understand how COVID-19 affected the racial dynamics experienced by Asian professionals in the workplace, McGill University medical student Zhida Shang…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-China fervor stoked consumer discrimination that cost Chinese restaurants $7.4 billion in lost revenue in 2020—losses 18.4 percent greater than at other types of restaurants—according to a new study by researchers from Boston College, the University of Michigan, and Microsoft Research, published today in the journal Nature Human Behaviour.…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain During 2020, the use of terms like the "China virus" by public officials and in the media negatively connected COVID-19 to China, where the virus originated, causing a detrimental impact. New research from scholars of the hospitality industry at Penn State and the University of Houston found that this type of virus naming contributed to hostility toward and boycotting of Chinese restaurants and…

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, Oct. 20. I’m Anh Do, and I cover Asian American issues as we work to further diversify our Metro section.Every week, I’m alerted to new situations where members of the communities I monitor have been attacked because of their race or ethnicity. On the streets, at schools, on the job, at church or while dining, they’re the subject of slurs. They’ve been robbed. Beaten. Threatened. They’ve been assaulted while roaming in their neighborhoods.…

Credit: Viviana Rishe/Unsplash We live in deeply unequal societies where certain groups, such as racial and sexual minorities, continue to experience structural oppression. Humor targeted at these groups can cause individual harm through its cumulative effects, and contribute to broader social harms too. …

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, Sept. 21. I’m Jeong Park, coming to you from Mid-City in Los Angeles. I cover Asian American communities. Last week, two stories about anti-Asian hate grabbed my attention. On Sept. 13, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills seeking to address harassment — often based on race — on public transit and in businesses. The new laws will create a model survey for transit agencies to help them gather data about the harassment of passengers…

BTS visited the White House to discuss hate crimes targeting Asians with the US president. The band members J-Hope, RM, Suga, Jungkook, V, Jin, and Jimin joined the White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, at her briefing with reporters before their meeting with Joe Biden. Jimin said the group had been 'devastated by the recent surge' of hate crime and intolerance against Asian Americans and others that has persisted since the start of the…

Wearing matching black suits and ties, the South Korean chart-toppers appeared in the James S Brady Briefing Room as part of a visit to promote "Asian inclusion and representation"Korean band BTS appears at the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing of the White House in Washington. Pic/AFPPopular South Korean Grammy-nominated band BTS visited the White House on Tuesday (local time) and said that they are devastated by the recent surge of hate crimes."Equality begins when we open up and embrace all of our…

BTS is visiting the White House next week to celebrate AANHPI Heritage Month and discuss with President Joe Biden the disturbing rise in anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination in the United States. According to a release from the White House shared with Billboard, the Korean pop septet will touch down at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. on May 31 to talk with the commander in chief about Asian inclusion and representation, and Biden’s efforts to stem the tide of hate crimes against people of Asian heritage. “President…

They will discuss Asian inclusion and representation and will address anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination which have become more prominent issues in recent yearsBTS. Pic/AFPPopular South Korean Grammy-nominated band BTS will be joining US President Joe Biden at the White House on May 31 to discuss anti-Asian hate crimes and also to celebrate AANHPI heritage month.They will discuss Asian inclusion and representation and will address anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination which have become more prominent issues in…