New TAAF White Paper Examines AAPI Stereotypes Through History
In order to fully address the challenges facing the AANHPI community today, it’s important to understand the history of anti-Asian hate in the United States.
TAAF just released a new white paper on AAPI Stereotypes. You can read the full report here!
Many Americans first became aware of anti-Asian hate during the COVID-19 pandemic, when racial harassment and violent crimes against Asian Americans made headlines. Discussions about the origins and spread of COVID had disturbing racial overtones, and unfounded stereotypes about cleanliness, mask-wearing, and even culinary practices ran rampant. But this fear and scapegoating of people of Asian descent was not a new phenomenon at all. In a new white paper from TAAF, AAPI Stereotypes: History and Implications, we examine the origins and impacts of many of these stereotypes, which go back further than you might think.
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