Screening of the Characteristics of Hate Crimes against Asian American and Comparison to African Americans in Bay Area

TL;DR

This study compares hate crimes against Asian Americans and African Americans in the Bay Area, highlighting differences in offender ethnicity and incident characteristics amid rising anti-Asian hate during COVID-19.

Contribution

It provides a comparative analysis of hate crime characteristics against Asian Americans and African Americans, focusing on racial disparities and offender profiles.

Findings

Hate crimes against Asian Americans are increasing rapidly.

Victim-related factors are similar across both groups.

Offender ethnicity and incident variables differ significantly.

Abstract

COVID-19 has aided the spread of racism, as well as national insecurity, distrust of immigrants, and general xenophobia, both of which may be linked to the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes during the pandemic. Coronavirus Disease 2019(COVID19) is thought to have originated in late December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and quickly spread across the world during the spring months of 2020. Asian Americans recorded in increase in racially based hate crimes including physical abuse and intimidation as COVID-19 spread throughout the United States. This research study was conducted by high school students in the Bay Area to compare the intention and characteristics of hate crimes against Asian Americans to hate crimes against African Americans. According to studies of both victim-related and most offender-related variables, hate crimes against Asian Americans have been rapidly growing in the United States and vary from those against African Americans. This leads to an investigation into the racial disparity between Asian American offenders and those of other races. The nature and characteristics of hate crimes against Asian Americans are compared to those of hate crimes against African Americans in our research. According to studies of all victim-related factors, hate crimes against Asian Americans are similar to those against African Americans. Hate crimes against Asian Americans, on the other hand, vary greatly from hate crimes against African Americans in terms of the offender's ethnicity and all incident-related variables.