Online hate has real-world consequences. In 2024, race and ethnicity based hate incidents targeting Indians in the United States rose significantly.

Hear Stephanie Chan of Stop AAPI Hate, break down the survey findings.

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In the US and Canada, we are seeing an ethnic distanciation within South Asian communities at a moment when solidarity is most needed. Long-settled and multi-generation South Asians often blame newly arriving immigrants.

This framing obscures the real issue. Racism targets all racialized bodies.

Anti South Asian slurs associated with targeted violence are on rise across online spaces.

Hear Stephanie Chan Director of Data & Research at @stopaapihate.org, explain these trends in detail.

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The New York City mayoral elections revealed how quickly online dehumanizing, Islamophobic rhetoric can take hold and how dangerous it becomes in a country already grappling with polarization and rising political violence.

Our research featured on @aljazeera.com