Anti-Asian American Violence in Wisconsin
Many Asian Americans in Wisconsin and across the country faced discrimination, harassment, and violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Violence around the country spurred Congress to pass a new law in 2021–The COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act–designed to address increased hate crimes against Asian Americans and others related to the pandemic. But hate crimes targeting Asian Americans are nothing new.
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Read more about the harassment of Hmong shoppers in Stevens Point: https://www.stevenspointjournal.com/story/news/2020/05/19/stevens-point-man-accused-racist-attack-shoppers-wearing-masks/5219356002/
Read more about harassment of Hmong people in Wausau during the COVID-19 Pandemic: https://www.wsaw.com/content/news/Sheriff-investigating-reports-of-discrimination-vandalism-threats-against-Wausau-area-Hmong-over-COVID-19-569140451.html
Read more about the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act: https://www.npr.org/2021/05/20/998599775/biden-to-sign-the-covid-19-hate-crimes-bill-as-anti-asian-american-attacks-rise
Read more about the attack against the Hmong community in Junction City: https://www.stevenspointjournal.com/story/news/2017/05/17/case-wisconsins-first-anti-hmong-hate-charge/101565674/
Read more about Chai Vang and the killing of several hunters in northern Wisconsin: https://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/story?id=1126441&page=1
Read more about the killing of Cha Vang: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna22008866
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Stand Up to Hate
A Mission for Wisconsin
Stand Up to Hate draws on real stories from across Wisconsin to educate Wisconsites about hate and hate crimes in our state. Wisconsin Humanities believes that stories and history have the power to to help people better understand their own communities and imagine possibilities for progress and change.
This project was spearheaded by Community Powered with UW-Extension’s division of Positive Youth Development and We Are Many-United Against Hate. It was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities’ United We Stand: Connecting Through Culture initiative.
