According to a United Nations report released in October, hate crimes against Asian Americans in the U.S. have reached an "alarming" level. The report cites more than 1,800 racist incidents against Asian Americans from March to May 2020
The executive action is one of several signed by the president this week addressing systemic racism. It was welcomed as an "important first step" by civil rights advocacy groups that had voiced concerns over former President Donald Trump's rhetoric about the virus and its impact on the AAPI community.
Stop AAPI Hate -- a coalition of advocacy groups that was formed in March 2020 in response to a rise in hate crimes during the pandemic -- applauded the executive action as a "brighter moment for Asian Americans" and called on the administration to expand civil rights protections.
"Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of Asian Americans have reported acts of hate and violence, and the vast majority live in a climate of fear," the coalition said in a statement. "What is most disturbing is that the rising hate was fueled by racist and xenophobic rhetoric used by the former president and his administration's implementation of a number of policies and efforts to target our communities."
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