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1996 anti-Asian hate violence incidents
>This message is being posted on behalf of the National Asian Pacific
>American Legal Consortium and its affiliated legal organizations, who are in
>the process of compiling data on anti-Asian hate violence for the 1996 audit
>on anti-Asian hate violence.
>
>If you have experienced or know of any anti-Asian hate violence (beatings,
>robberies, rapes, etc.) or harassment (hate mail, verbal harassment, etc.)
>which occurred during 1996 (or 1997), please email the following information
>to: <email> or kwang <email> com
>or call or write: Asian Law Caucus (speak to Victor Hwang) at (415)
>391-1655.
>
>HATE VIOLENCE INCIDENT INFORMATION:
>1) Date of incident
>2) Location of incident (city, state)
>3) Description of incident, including type of violence or harassment and
>any
> specific slurs, information or suspicions identifying the incident as
>hate-motivated
>4) Info on victim(s) and perpetrator(s), including number, gender, age,
>ethnicity or race
>5) Any report of the incident to a law enforcement or community
>organization
>6) Any law enforcement response (or lack of it)
>6) Known or suspected bias or motive (race, gender, immigrant, sexual
>orientation)
>Even events as "minor" as being called "chink" or "dothead" on the bus
>should be reported.
>
>YOUR HELP IS VERY IMPORTANT to this community-based effort to raise national
>awareness regarding anti-Asian violence. Without centralized law
>enforcement efforts to track anti-Asian violence, community-based efforts
>provide the only statistical information regarding such issues.
>
>For more information about the audit, please contact the Asian Law Caucus.
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