Tag: Race and ethnicity
Stigmas on race, gender and sex overlap in Atlanta slayings
Seven of the eight people killed were women; six were of Asian descent. The suspect, according to police, appeared to blame his actions on...
Biden, Harris visit spotlights Asian Americans’ influence
<p>ATLANTA — For Asian Americans, 2020 was a year of political success and newfound influence. But it was also a time of vulnerability to...
Civil rights leaders unite around California ethnic studies
SAN FRANCISCO — As America reels from its latest spate of deadly hate crimes and racism, educators and civil rights leaders in California called...
With striking of Black juror, Floyd activists see racism
MINNEAPOLIS — A prospective juror who once lived in the neighborhood where George Floyd was arrested told the attorney for an ex-officer charged in...
Man who killed 2 at supermarket pleads guilty to hate crimes
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky man serving a life sentence in prison for fatally shooting two shoppers at a grocery store has pleaded guilty...
EXPLAINER: Why Georgia attack spurs fears in Asian Americans
<p>Chicago — The shootings at three Georgia massage parlors and spas that left eight people dead, six of them women of Asian descent, come...
Asian American churches plan acts beyond prayer for healing
Asian American Christian leaders said Thursday their congregations are saddened and outraged after a white gunman killed eight people — most of them women...
Public reaction to killings at Atlanta-area massage parlors
<p>Reactions to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/georgia-massage-parlor-shootings-leave-8-dead-f3841a8e0215d3ab3d1f23d489b7af81"> shootings</a> at three Atlanta-area massage parlors that left eight dead, mostly women of Asian descent: </p>
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Sources: Feds have no evidence yet for GA hate crime charge
<p>WASHINGTON — Federal investigators have so far not found evidence that clears the high bar for federal hate crime charges against a man who...
Biden, Harris visit spotlights Asian Americans’ influence
ATLANTA — For Asian Americans, 2020 was a year of political success and newfound influence. But it was also a time of vulnerability to...