Los Angeles Zoo Statement on the Rise in Violence Against the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community
The Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at Cal State San Bernardino reports that from 2019 to 2020, Los Angeles experienced a 114% rise in hate crimes against the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities (AAPI). Here in Los Angeles, weβve seen the vandalism of the Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo; the assault on a 27- year-old Korean American Air Force veteran in Koreatown; the attack on a 51-year-old Asian […]