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Step 1. In the box below, list a subject you think might work for your paper and that
you are interested in (please type).
Step 3. Choose one of your possible topics as your research topic (please type).
I am interested in this topic because: In our point of view Asian hate is a significant
problem that needs to be concern.
Using a Mindmap to go from Subject to Topic (ASM #1) pg. 2
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Purpose of this worksheet: to document your background reading for your topic and possibly revise your
topic. (If you are having topic trouble, (re)view the appropriate material on the e-learning page.)
Asian hate
Step 2. Inform yourself about your topic by locating and analyzing background information in at least 3
sources. Identify key works in your topic and use them to locate background information. List each
source and what you learned. This should include key concepts/ideas, problems/controversies, and
specialized vocabulary.
Source 1:
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Step 3. After doing background reading you may want to revise your topic. Put it in the
form of a question. (Do this even if your topic has not changed.)
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Purpose of this worksheet: to practice using online catalogs and databases.
Note: to get homework credit, your work must be turned in when I call for it. Even if you miss this deadline,
you must still do the worksheet to get credit for your research project at the end of the term. Directions:
Using any of the KKU Librarys article databases, find TEN (10) periodical articles that cover the topic you
have developed. Follow the instructions below.
Step 2. What are your search terms (include Boolean operators and/or subject headings)?
Covid-19 pandemic, Asian hates, Harassment & Hate Towards Asians, hate crimes,
covid-19 against Asian hates
Step 3. For each article you found, copy all the information from the citation [authors, title of article,
name of journal, date of journal and/or volume and issue number, page numbers (if applicable) ]
Article 1:
Since the very beginning of the pandemic, hate crimes toward Asians and Asian
Americans have gotten increased media attention. Our data, from the Understanding
Coronavirus in America Study, confirms that these events are happening more often –
and are not just appearing more common because of press coverage or public
awareness. Asian Americans experienced more threats and harassment than any
other racial or ethnic group in the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic.
From June 2020 through February 2021 – with particular spikes in late July and the
month of November – Asian Americans reported being targeted by threats and
harassment more frequently than members of other groups did. During this period,
Asian Americans were accosted both physically and verbally even more than African
Americans and Latinos, who are generally the ethnic groups most subjected to racial
bias in the U.S.
We got this data from a nationally representative online panel of more than 7,000
adults who answer survey questions every two weeks about how the pandemic affects
their attitudes, lives and behaviors. Among other questions, the survey asked people
if and how often they were threatened or harassed in their day-to-day life in the
previous two weeks.
Our most recent data, from a poll taken in late February, shows that in the previous
two weeks, 11% of Asian Americans experienced threats or harassment – compared
with 8% of African Americans, 6% of Latino Americans and 5% of white Americans.
Asian Americans are also twice as likely as whites to have experienced repeated
abuse.
Authors: Ying Liu
Title of article: Asian Americans top target for threats and harassment during pandemic
Name of journal: The Conversation
Date of journal and/or volume and issue number: March 30, 2021
Article 2: An elderly Thai immigrant dies after being shoved to the ground. A Filipino-
American is slashed in the face with a box cutter. A Chinese woman is slapped and
then set on fire. Eight people are killed in a shooting rampage across three Asian spas
in one night. These are just examples of recent violent attacks on Asian Americans,
part of a surge in abuse since the start of the pandemic a year ago. From being spat
on and verbally harassed to incidents of physical assault, there have been thousands
of reported cases in recent months. Advocates and activists say these are hate
crimes, and often linked to rhetoric that blames Asian people for the spread of Covid-
19. Late last year, the United Nations issued a report that detailed "an alarming level"
of racially motivated violence and other hate incidents against Asian Americans. It is
difficult to determine exact numbers for such crimes and instances of discrimination,
as no organizations or governmental agencies have been tracking the issue long-
term, and reporting standards can vary region to region. The advocacy group Stop
AAPI Hate said it received more than 2,800 reports of hate incidents directed at Asian
Americans and Pacific Islanders nationwide last year. The group set up its online self-
reporting tool at the start of the pandemic.
Authors: Sam Cabral
Title of article: Covid 'hate crimes' against Asian Americans on rise
Name of journal: BBC News
Date of journal and/or volume and issue number: May 21, 2020
Article 3: Governments should take urgent steps to prevent racist and xenophobic
violence and discrimination linked to the Covid-19 pandemic while prosecuting racial
attacks against Asians and people of Asian descent, Human Rights Watch said today.
On May 8, 2020, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that “the
pandemic continues to unleash a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and
scare-mongering” and urged governments to “act now to strengthen the immunity of
our societies against the virus of hate.” Government leaders and senior officials in
some instances have directly or indirectly encouraged hate crimes, racism, or
xenophobia by using anti-Chinese rhetoric. Several political parties and groups,
including in the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Greece, France, and
Germany have also latched onto the Covid-19 crisis to advance anti-immigrant, white
supremacist, ultra-nationalist, anti-Semitic, and xenophobic conspiracy theories that
demonize refugees, foreigners, prominent individuals, and political leaders. “Racism
and physical attacks on Asians and people of Asian descent have spread with the
Covid-19 pandemic, and government leaders need to act decisively to address the
trend,” said John Sifton, Asia advocacy director. “Governments should act to expand
public outreach, promote tolerance, and counter hate speech while aggressively
investigating and prosecuting hate crimes.”
The UN committee responsible for monitoring compliance with the International
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which 182
countries have ratified, has recommended that governments adopt “national action
plans against racial discrimination.” Plans should lay out specific approaches to combat
racism and discrimination, from enhanced policing of hate crimes to public messaging
and education programming encouraging tolerance. Governments need to take urgent
action to adopt new action plans to address the wave of Covid-19 racism and
xenophobia. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, Asians and people of Asian descent
have been targets of derogatory language in media reports and statements by
politicians as well as on social media platforms, where hate speech related to Covid-19
also appears to have spread extensively. US President Donald Trump’s use of the term
“Chinese virus” and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s use of “Wuhan virus” may have
encouraged the use of hate speech in the US. Although by late March Trump stepped
back from using the term and issued a tweet in support of “our Asian-American
community,” he has not directed any specific governmental response toward
protecting Asians and people of Asian descent.
The governor of the Veneto region of Italy, an early epicenter of the pandemic, told
journalists in February that the country would be better than China in handling the
virus due to Italians’ “culturally strong attention to hygiene, washing hands, taking
showers, whereas we have all seen the Chinese eating mice alive.”
He later apologized. Brazil’s education minister ridiculed Chinese people in a tweet
suggesting that the pandemic was part of the Chinese government’s “plan for world
domination.” Increases in racist rhetoric have coincided with increases in racist
attacks. Since February, Asians and people of Asian descent around the world have
been subjected to attacks and beatings, violent bullying, threats, racist abuse, and
discrimination that appear linked to the pandemic.
Authors: Human Rights Watch (Eds.)
Title of article: Covid-19 Fueling Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia Worldwide
Name of journal: Human Rights Watch
Date of journal and/or volume and issue number: May 12, 2020
Article 4: The first mistake is equating hate crimes with the face of racism. Certainly,
hate crimes are life changing. A single assault is one too many. Even minor slights
can affect both physical and mental health.3 Yet, their presence should not be the
only reason, or the only time, we think about racism. We often assume that all is well
if there are no reports of hate crime victims, such as Vincent Chin, Breonna Taylor,
George Floyd, or Vicha Ratanapakdee. That assumption is a deadly mistake. The
second mistake is assuming that a single politician, social group, or entity is the cause
of racial problems. But that view is too simplistic. It lets the rest of society—including
ourselves—off the hook. Structural racism is not about racist individuals or groups. It
is about how the entire organization of society is built to enshrine white supremacy.
So, yes, we should hold people and groups accountable for their actions, but we
should not stop there. We should view all of the machinery of society, including our
laws, policies, and informal actions as having inequality built into its equilibrium.4
Unraveling racism means attending to all these interconnected systems. We should
not simply focus on perpetrators of hate crimes who are enabled by the system to be
seen as bad apples having bad days. We need to acknowledge that the rot is
systemic. And, we need to encourage the brightest thinkers to find new solutions. The
third mistake is holding our tongues because so many times in the past, our voices
were ignored or invalidated. These invalidations often arise due to Asians erroneously
being perceived as a model minority (being economically successful and healthy,
which is not true).5 Sometimes, these perceptions become internalized. I have heard
many fellow Asian Americans say, “I don’t have a right to talk about racism against
me; others have it worse.” Such guilt is the work of structural racism, which
encourages complicity with the status quo. That is, silence signals consent to
oppression. Let us not make these mistakes. Let us own our experiences that are
earned, just, and deserved. And more importantly, let us raise our voices to express
outrage, in high resonance to shatter the structure of inequality. Asian American and
Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month is not only about celebrating our heritage. It is
about honoring every one of us who had to endure the “where are you from”
question, or the “you don’t act like other Asians.” It is also about recognizing those
who were deported, falsely accused, or murdered. And it about those whose own
modest lives tipped the scales a fraction towards equality, including Wong Kim Ark,
Kinney Kimmon Lau, Grace Lee Boggs, and Yuri Kochiyama, who, if you don’t know,
you should look up. Finally, it is a living history that will be written by our children,
who we hope will inherit a healthier, civil, and just society.
Authors: Gilbert C. Gee, Ph.D.
Title of article: Other Impacts of COVID-19: Anti-Asian Hate
Name of journal: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Date of journal and/or volume and issue number: May 3, 2021
Article 5: On March of 2021, the Center for Study of Hate & Extremism (CSUSB)
published a report documenting changes in hate crime patterns for all of 2020 in 16
American cities. In those 16 cities, which include most of the largest cities in the
United States, hate crimes against Asians rose by 145% in 2020 even though overall
reported hate crimes dropped by 6%. Of the 16 cities in the report, there were 122
reported cases of hate crimes with anti-Asian bias which is more than double the 49
documented cases recorded in 2019. Why are these numbers so small? The CSUB
report only looked at cases officially designated as hate crimes, which the FBI defines
as a “criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by
an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity,
gender, or gender identity.” The Department of Justice says that “the ‘crime’ in hate
crime is often a violent crime, such as assault, murder, arson, vandalism, or threats
to commit such crimes. It may also cover conspiring or asking another person to
commit such crimes, even if the crime was never carried out.” The Department of
Justice also notes that “The majority of [hate crimes] were not reported to law
enforcement,” which suggests the actual number of hate crimes is likely higher than
the reported number.
Authors: Yes, there has been a spike in anti-Asian hate crimes during the COVID-19
pandemic
Title of article: Jennifer Baik
Name of journal: Verify
Date of journal and/or volume and issue number: May 21, 2021
Article 6: In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, violent attacks and harassment
toward Asian Americans have spiked. Stop AAPI Hate tracks reports of violence
against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Since the start of the
pandemic, they've received reports of over 2,800 hate incidents across the United
States. Hate crimes against Asian Americans in 16 cities rose by 150 percent in 2020,
a recent report from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California
State University, San Bernardino revealed. These incidents range from violent attacks
and verbal abuse to the vandalization of Asian-owned businesses. Advocates are
attributing the spate of violence partly to xenophobic rhetoric that connects the
COVID-19 pandemic with Asian Americans, which includes former President Donald
Trump's habit of blaming the virus on China. But anti-Asian racism isn't new.
Centuries of anti-Asian racism in the United States have led to this moment. What's
behind the rise in anti-Asian attacks? And what might our past tell us about the fight
to be seen and to feel safe?
Authors: Li Zhou, Anne Anlin Cheng and Manju Kulkarni
Title of article: The Rise In Anti-Asian Attacks During The COVID-19 Pandemic
Name of journal: NPR
Date of journal and/or volume and issue number: March 10, 2021
Article 7: Diep said the difference is that the mainstream media and society in the U.S. are
now finally talking about it. "I think that with the improvement in technology and
surveillance cameras, we're able to see a lot of graphic and tragic incident[s] lately happening
in New York and in San Francisco, but it's not rampant," Diep said. "You get pockets of it
[racist incidents] here and there. Some are widely covered. Some go on without anybody
knowing." Several incidents in which Asian Americans were attacked ended up on social
media and on television. These images have emboldened some Asian Americans to report
experiences that had have been kept silent for years. "When I was a teenager, my family
and I in San Jose at the time were victims to an attempted home invasion robbery," said
Thien Ho, assistant chief deputy at the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office in
Northern California. "And my parents didn't want to report it to the police because we were
afraid of retaliation because they were concerned with the language barrier." A demonstrator
stands between a U.S. flag and a sign during a rally against anti-Asian hate crimes in Los
Angeles.
FILE - A demonstrator stands between a U.S. flag and a sign during a rally against anti-Asian
hate crimes outside City Hall in Los Angeles, California, March 27, 2021.
Ho and his parents arrived in the U.S. as refugees after fleeing the Vietnamese Communist
government in 1976 as boat people. Ho was 4 years old. "My dad basically stole a uniform
from a Communist officer and painted my toy gun black and wearing that uniform and with
that toy gun, he was able to get us through different military checkpoints before we made it
out to sea," Ho said. He said feelings of distrust of repressive governments continue within
many Asian communities in the U.S., resulting in underreporting of crimes in general. But
now, many Asian Americans are reporting incidents of racism at higher rates. Since March
2020, more than 6,600 racist incidents against Asians have been reported to the Stop AAPI
Hate website in English and 11 other languages. In the organization's May national report, it
found the majority of racist incidents, 65%, were verbal harassment. Deliberate avoidance of
Asian Americans was the next most prevalent behavior at 18%. Physical assaults made up
more than 12% of prejudice experienced by Asian Americans. Other incidents reported to
Stop AAPI Hate included workplace discrimination and online harassment.
The organization says it found that 65% of the reports were made by women. Close to 44%
of hate incidents were reported by Chinese Americans. The other reports were made by
groups including Koreans, Filipinos and Vietnamese Americans.
"We don't know necessarily if there's been a surge. We just know it's clearly widespread," said
Russell Jeung, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate and Asian American studies professor at San
Francisco State University.
Authors: Elizabeth Lee
Title of article: Anti-Asian Hate in US Predates Pandemic
Name of journal: VOA
Date of journal and/or volume and issue number: May 26, 2021
Article 8: As the U.S. continues its battle against COVID-19, it is also battling a rise in
hate crimes against Asian Americans. A recent report found that hate crimes against
Asian Americans in major U.S. cities surged by nearly 150 percent in 2020 —even as
the number of overall hate crimes fell. Stephanie Sy looks at how the violence has
marred one community, and how they are coming together in its wake.
Authors: Stephanie Sy
Title of article: Asian American community battles surge in hate crimes stirred from
COVID-19
Name of journal: PBS
Date of journal and/or volume and issue number: Mar 16, 2021
Article 9: Since coronavirus shutdowns began last March, thousands of Asian
Americans have faced racist verbal and physical attacks or have been shunned by
others, according to a study released Tuesday.
The report by Stop AAPI Hate documents 3,795 racially motivated attacks against
Asian Americans from March to February, noting that the number is likely a fraction of
the attacks that occurred, because many were not reported to the group.
On Tuesday, eight people, including six Asian women, were shot to death at massage
parlors in the Atlanta area.
Authorities said Wednesday that the attacks “did not appear to be” motivated by race.
The alleged shooter told investigators that he had a “sexual addiction” and wanted to
get rid of the temptation that the establishments represented.
But rights groups stressed that the broader context of recent hate crimes and
harassment of Asian Americans should not be ignored.
Stop AAPI Hate formed last March in response to attacks related to the perception
that Asians were responsible for the coronavirus because of its origins in Wuhan,
China. The group did not collect data in previous years to show whether attacks
against Asians have increased during the pandemic.
About 68% of the anti-Asian attacks documented in the study were verbal
harassment, 21% were shunning and 11% were physical assaults.
About 9% of the attacks were civil rights violations such as workplace discrimination
or being refused service at a business. Nearly 7% of the attacks were online
harassment.
Most of the incidents occurred at businesses or on public streets.
Authors: ANH DO
Title of article: Asian Americans have been verbally and physically attacked, shunned
during pandemic, study shows
Name of journal: Los Angeles Times
Date of journal and/or volume and issue number: Mar 16, 2021
Article 10: ASKATOON -- There has been a disturbing surge of anti-Asian hate,
including physical assaults against children and elderly people being spat on,
according to a first-of-its-kind report that breaks down the specific types of attacks
that have occurred during the pandemic.
The new report, released by several advocacy groups including the Chinese Canadian
National Council Toronto Chapter, looks at more than 1,150 cases of racist attacks
reported through online platforms such as Fight COVID Racism and Elimin8hate.
Between March 10 to Dec. 31, 2020, 643 complaints were submitted and analyzed,
with the rest being recorded afterwards but not being included in the analysis.
One in 10 of all cases involved being people being coughed or spat on; with 11 per
cent involving unwanted touching or physical assault. And one in five attacks occurred
in restaurants and grocery stores -- making them the second-most-frequent sites for
racist attacks, after public spaces like parks, streets or sidewalks, which made up half
of all reported cases.
“Collectively and individually, these racist incidents have resulted in deep and long-
lasting impacts on the Asian Canadian community as a whole,” Avvy Go, clinic
director of the Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic, said in a press release, adding
that behind every number are people whose lives were changed forever by racism.
Authors: Jeremiah Rodriguez
Title of article: New report details 'disturbing rise' in anti-Asian hate crimes in Canada
Name of journal: CTV News
Date of journal and/or volume and issue number: March 23, 2021
Using Background Information Worksheet (ASM04)
Name Nickname
Student Number
Purpose of this worksheet: to find and evaluate online sources.
Note: you cannot complete this worksheet until your research topic has been approved.
Note: to get homework credit, you work must be turned in when due. Even if you miss this deadline, you
must still do the worksheet to get credit for your research project at the end of the term Directions: Using a
search engine of your choice, find and evaluate 3 sources that provide information about the topic
(research question) you have developed.
Step 3. For each online source, list the URL, and a full CRAAP evaluation
Source 1: URL:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12103-020-09545-1#Abs1
Source 3: URL:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12103-020-09545-1#Abs1
Journal Article 1: Paraphrase something from the article that relates to your topic Present it as it would appear
in the body of your paper. Cite it correctly using APA in-text (parenthetical) citation style. Then give the full
reference as it would appear on the reference page of your paper.
Original:
Paraphrased:
Full reference
Journal Article 2: Paraphrase something from the article that relates to your topic Present it as it would appear
in the body of your paper. Cite it correctly using APA in-text (parenthetical) citation style. Then give the full
reference as it would appear on the reference page of your paper.
Original:
Paraphrase
d: Full
reference:
Website: Paraphrase something from the website that relates to your topic. Present it as it would appear in the
body of your paper. Cite it correctly using APA in-text (parenthetical) citation style. Then give the full
reference as it would appear on the reference page of your paper.
Original:
Paraphrase
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Book1: Quote something from the book that relates to your topic. Present it as it would appear in the body of your
paper. Cite it correctly using APA in-text (parenthetical) citation style. Then give the full reference as it would
appear on the reference page of your paper.
Quotation
Full reference:
Book2: Quote something from the book that relates to your topic. Present it as it would appear in the body of your
paper. Cite it correctly using APA in-text (parenthetical) citation style. Then give the full reference as it would
appear on the reference page of your paper.
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ASM 6: Searching terms from databases (5%)
Student name and ID………………………………………………………………
1. SCOPUS (https://www.scopus.com/search/form.uri?display=basic ),
1. Web of Science ( http://apps.webofknowledge.com/WOS_GeneralSearch_input.do?
product=WOS&search_mode=Ge neralSearch&SlD=C4fY6LE1pABWSLM9DzS&preferencesSaved=)
and search 3 sets of terms from your own topic. if you cannot use the databases, you can download
and login KKU VPN in order to access the database ( https://vpn-portal.kku.ac.th/).
Discuss, compare and contrast the numbers of search results obtained from each Boolean search
rules (AND/OR/NOT) and each database (Proquest/SCOPUS/Web of Science) in your own words.