Stop AAPI Hate Regional Report

As COVID-19 continues to impact communities, incidents targeting Asians and Asian-Americans have increased due to perceived responsibility for the virus's origin. As of June 17, 2020, over 1,843 incidences of Anti-Asian Coronavirus discrimination have been reported via the CAA/A3PCON STOP AAPI HATE website, with 23 incidents happening in Sacramento, San Joaquin, Solano, and Yolo counties since the beginning of the pandemic. With the data, we found that the city and county of Sacramento reported the highest number of incidences. Data from all counties shows that verbal harassment and name-calling were the majority type of discrimination that respondents in the area faced. Additionally, 43% of these respondents reported having faced discrimination in business settings. The majority of respondents identified as Chinese and 84% of all reports suspected that their race or ethnicity was the reason for their discrimination.

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