Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, and a year after the fatal spa shootings in Atlanta that targeted and killed people of Asian descent, reports of anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander violence and bigotry have increased. Stop AAPI Hate, an organization tracking and reporting on these acts of racism that started since the stay-at-home orders began in the United States, released its most recent report this month, noting that verbal harassment continues to make up the largest share of reported incidents. Despite the fear and harm caused by the kind of street harassment lobbed against Asia…
