Dr. Janelle Wong Featured in Maryland Today Article: One Year After Atlanta Killings, Survey Shows Violence Against Asian Americans Persists

On Friday, March 18, 2022, the University released an article in Maryland Today titled, “One Year After Atlanta Killings, Survey Shows Violence Against Asian Americans Persists: UMD Researcher Part of Team That Finds Continuing Hate Crimes Impact All Non-White Groups.”

The 2022 survey, conducted online March 2-9 by AAPI Data and Momentive of 16,901 adults, including 1,991 Asian or Asian Americans and 186 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islanders living in the United States, also reveals that Asian Americans are not alone in experiences of hate violence.

Critically, all non-white groups report experiencing hate crimes or hate incidents in the period from January 2021 through early March 2022—from 17% among Black adults, to 16% among Asian Americans, 15% among Native Americans, 14% among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, and 13% among Latinos. Only 6% of White adults report experiencing a hate incident over the same period.

“These trends help to add critical context and data to the ways in which hate crimes and more everyday experiences with racial discrimination affect all non-white groups in the country,” said Janelle Wong, a UMD professor of American studies and Asian American studies and AAPI Data’s co-director.

Read the full article, which was based on a release produced by AAPI Data. AAST core faculty, Dr. Janelle Wong, serves as Co-Director.

Dr. Wong also shared on Friday morning about the new data on hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in an event sponsored by the Williams Center for Education, Justice and Ethics. Watch her conversation with retired U.S. District Court Judge Alexander Williams Jr. on YouTube live.