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The Asian American Federation is a nonprofit organization working to advance the civic voice of Asian Americans in the New York metropolitan area. Established in 1989, the Asian American Federation of NY supports and collaborates with 70 member and partner agencies to improve quality of life and support philanthropy in the Asian American community.
Within fifteen years, forty Black-led boycotts of Korean-owned stores occurred, spanning from Los Angeles to Washington D.C., due to altercations between Korean store owners and Black customers. [7] In those same fifteen years, local newspapers reported sixty-six incidents of violence, most of which were shootings, physical assaults, and riots. [8]
Asian Americans for Equal Employment was formed in 1974 after a successful fight to include Chinese American workers in the construction of Confucius Plaza. It was involved in protests the following year after Peter Yew, an engineer, was beaten by police in Chinatown. [6] 20,000 picketers went to the New York City Hall under AAFE's leadership. [7]
In 1999, Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times reported a surprising encounter on the island of Pate, where he found a village of stone huts. He talked to an elderly man living in the village who said that he was a descendant of Chinese explorers who were shipwrecked there centuries before. The Chinese had supposedly traded with the locals and ...
Asians 4 Black Lives is a coalition of Asian Americans with diverse ethnic backgrounds such as Filipino Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Indian Americans, Chinese Americans, Pakistani Americans, Korean Americans, Burmese Americans, Japanese Americans, who serve as advocates for the Black Lives Matter Movement, which was established in 2014. [59]
South Asian clothing and accessories have been in the spotlight this week at the second South Asian New York Fashion Week, highlighting how styles from the region are both influencing and ...
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Violent acts, relating to the disease, against Asian Americans have been documented mostly in New York, California, and elsewhere. [220] [224] As of December 31, 2020, there were 259 reports of anti-Asian incidents in New York reported to Stop AAPI Hate. [225] As of March 2021, there have been more than 3800 anti-Asian racist incidents. [226]