2021 National Stop AAPI Hate Report
2021
This report covers the 6,603 incident reports to Stop AAPI Hate from March 19, 2020 to March 31, 2021. The number of hate incidents reported to our...
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New wave of anti-Asian hate
2021
Anti-Asian rhetoric starts garnering media attention, much of which is egged on by Donald Trump and his usage of the term “china virus” to describe...
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H.Res. 908 passes
2020
Senator Mazie Hirono and Congresswoman Grace Meng introduce anti-Asian hate crimes legislation which calls on all public officials to condemn and...
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COVID-19 incidents
2020
In the course of one week, 673 incidents of anti-Asian hate were reported.
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Stop AAPI Hate established
2020
In response to the alarming escalation in xenophobia and bigotry resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council...
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9/11 and Islamophobia
2001
In the months following 9/11, the number of hate crimes and hate incidents against Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim jumps drastically. Since...
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Hate Incidents against MESA
2001
675 reported hate incidents towards South Asians and Middle Eastern people are documented in less than one week.
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Civil Liberties Act
1998
The Civil Liberties Act commits to providing individual payments of $20,000 to each surviving Japanese internee and $1.25 million for an education...
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The Apology Bill
1993
The “apology bill” is passed, which “provides that the Kaho‘olawe Island Reserve shall be used solely and exclusively and reserved in perpetuity for...
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The Murder of Vincent Chin
1982
A week before his wedding, 27-year-old Vincent Chin was bludgeoned to death by two white auto workers, Ronald Ebens and his stepson Michael Nitz, who...
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George Helm Jr.
1977
George Helm Jr. (a Hawaiian rights activist) speaks to state house legislature for the first time about
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Protect Kaho'olawe Ohana
1976
Protect Kaho‘olawe ‘Ohana was formed in response to the U.S.' usage of Kaho'olawe, a place considered sacred to Native Hawaiians, as a bombing range. ...
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Southeast Asian Refugees
1975 - 1985
The fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975 marked the end of the Vietnam War and the beginning of mass migration of Southeast Asian refugees from Vietnam,...
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Delano Grape Strike
1967
Filipino farm workers, known as Manongs, go on strike in Delano, California and use the community center as an organizing hub for Farm Workers. ...
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Hart-Cellar Act
1965
The Immigration Act, also known as Hart Cellar Act, abolishes the quota system in place regarding number of immigrants coming in from “undesirable”...
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First Sikh U.S. Representative
1957
Dalip Saund is the first Asian American and Sikh Indian American to be sworn in as a U.S. representative.
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Luce Cellar Act
1946
The Luce-Cellar Act of 1946 provided a quota of 100 Filipinos and 100 Indians from Asia to immigrate to the United States per year, which made...
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World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans
1942 - 1946
President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, authorizing evacuation of persons of Japanese descent. On March 17,...
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Nye-Lea Act
1935
The Nye-Lea Act was a federal law that granted all immigrants serving in World War I the right to naturalize in the United States. Before this law,...
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Bhagat Singh Thind
1923
United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States decided that Bhagat Singh Thind, an Indian Sikh man who...
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Takao Ozawa denied citizenship
1922
Takao Ozawa filed for United States citizenship under the Naturalization Act of 1906. This act allowed only "free white persons" and "persons of...
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Takuji Yamashita denied land ownership
1922
Yamashita vs. Hinkle was a decision of the United States Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of the state of Washington's Alien Land Law....
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Alien Land Law
1913
The Alien Land Law is passed by California declaring it illegal for immigrants to own land.
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First Gurudwara in USA
1912
The first Gurudwara (place of worship for Sikhs) is established in Stockton, CA.
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Angel Island
1910
A U.S. Immigration Station opened at Angel Island in San Francisco, CA. The facility enforced policies designed to exclude many Pacific Coast...
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Asian Exclusion League
1905 - 1965
An anti-immigrant group dedicated to driving out cheap labor is formed and carries out anti-Hindu riots in Washington, Oregon, and California.
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Korean Immigration to HI
1903
The first shipload of Korean immigrants arrived in Hawaii to work on the islands’ pineapple and sugar plantations. In the years that followed,...
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Esther Kim Park
1900
Esther Kim Park graduates from Baltimore Women’s Medical College, making her the first Korean woman to become a Western medical doctor.
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Anti-Hawaii Annexation Petition
1897
On September 2, the Hawaiian Patriotic League (“Hui Hawaii Aloha Aina”), comprising dozens of native Hawaiians filed a petition against the annexation...
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Rock Springs Massacre
1885
After the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad, Chinese Americans continued to work for railroad companies, which owned coal mines...
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Gurubai Karmarkar & Hu King En
1885
Hu King Eng and Gurubai Karmarkar graduated from Women’s Medical College in Pennsylvania. Hu King Eng, born and raised in Fuzhou, was the second...
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Chinese Exclusion Act
1882 - 1943
In 1882, at the height of economic recession, Chinese laborers were scapegoated for declining wages and job opportunities. Even though Chinese...
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Punjabi Farmers in California
1880 - 2021
Over 2,000 Punjabi farmers are brought over to work on agricultural fields in Calfornia.
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The Page Act
1875 - 1887
The Page Act of 1875 effectively prohibited the entry of East Asian women, especially Chinese women. Chinese women were perceived as a sexual threat,...
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San Francisco Scapegoats Chinese for Outbreaks
1875 - 1900
During the 1875-'76 smallpox outbreak in San Francisco, officials blamed Chinatown and fumigated the neighborhood. The outbreak raged on afterwards,...
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The Gannenmono migration
1868
In 1868, a passenger ship carrying 153 artisans, peasants, and other Japanese landed on the shores of Hawaii. The first people to make the 4,000-mile...
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Labor Strike
1867
On June 25, 1867 a strike broke out among Chinese railroad workers who demanded fair wages and accommodations and better working conditions. At the...
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Chinese migrants worked on the western leg of transcontinental railroad
1863 - 1869
In 1869, the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed — to the credit of 20,000 Chinese immigrants. Chinese immigrants flocked to the United...
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Native Hawaiians in Fort Astoria
1811
The first Native Hawaiians (“Kānaka”) to permanently settle in the United States emigrated to the colony of Astoria, located in present-day Oregon, on...
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Luzonian Filipinos
1587
The first group of Asian origin migrants were from the Philippines. Known as ”Luzonians,” they were part of a Spanish trading party and arrived 33...
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At Stop AAPI Hate, we believe in increasing exposure to the voices and histories of all communities by expanding ethnic studies and education. Ethnic studies helps teach students the sources of this racism and promotes racial empathy and solidarity. We have put together this timeline of Asian American and Pacific Islander events to share our history. This is a work in progress that we'll continue to update.