Anti-Chinese Rhetoric Employed by Perpetrators of Anti-Asian Hate
10/11/20 – Of 2,583 incidents reported to Stop AAPI Hate (between March 19 and August 5, 2020), 789 (30.5%) included mentions of anti-Chinese rhetoric. The types of language and terms employed by perpetrators could be categorized into five major themes:
- Virulent animosity
- Scapegoating of China
- Anti-immigrant nativism
- Racist characterizations of Chinese
- Racial slurs
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