How to Use anti-Asian in a Sentence

anti-Asian

adjective
  • Their words helped spur a massive increase in anti-Asian hate in the past few years.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Then a wave of anti-Asian attacks pushed me to reclaim it.
    Marian Chia-Ming Liu, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Since the pandemic, anti-Asian hate speech also has been on the rise.
    John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The spike in anti-Asian violence during the pandemic, Yew said, was still very much front of mind.
    Matt Stevens, New York Times, 18 June 2023
  • Dawn, a former chef forced to close her restaurant because of a rise in anti-Asian violence across the country, stands frozen next to Charles.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Certainly many worry that the rise in anti-Asian sentiment is here to stay.
    Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
  • What followed, Dang said, was a barrage of anti-Asian insults, some of which didn’t make it into her recording.
    Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Some compared the bill to anti-Asian legislation like the Chinese Exclusion Act and alien land laws of the 19th and 20th centuries.
    Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Yu & Me was viewed as a safe space within the community, particularly during the rise of anti-Asian hate in the city.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
  • And today, with a significant rise of anti-Asian hate attacks, this trauma peered out its ugly head again for many Asian refugees.
    Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 6 June 2024
  • Ever since the unfortunate onslaught of anti-Asian hate, there’s always one in my purse or backpack.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The protest in London’s bustling Chinatown brought together a variety of activist groups to oppose a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes.
    Ishaan Jhaveri, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
  • But some critics suggest that such efforts are the result of anti-Asian sentiment that has been festering in the United States in recent years.
    Joel Mathis, The Week, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Being able to pair that lifelong passion for nature with her own heritage is especially poignant right now, given the rise in anti-Asian hate.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The ad blamed the Biden administration for rising anti-Asian violence, accusing Democrats of not being tough on crime.
    Meena Venkataramanan, Washington Post, 3 July 2023
  • But their arrival, amid a wave of anti-Asian sentiment, prompted the U.S. government to limit immigration from Asia.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The pandemic saw a rise in anti-Asian rhetoric, said Wu, who immigrated from Taiwan more than 30 years ago, and the best way to stop that is with education and diversification.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Experts told Axios that the increase is most likely due to factors like anti-Asian hate, police brutality and rising homicide figures in some major cities.
    Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 29 June 2023
  • Hate found that a disproportionate number of anti-Asian attacks have been directed at women.
    Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The organization is based in California, but has tracked anti-Asian hate incidents across the country since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
    Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 17 May 2023
  • New survey shows an increase in anti-Asian hate, discrimination.
    USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
  • The lawmaker who introduced the flag legislation in 1911 was a member of the group, according to Abella, and proposed anti-Asian legislation in the same legislative session.
    Gillian Brockell, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Video that captured the attack quickly went viral, prompting outcry from the Asian American community against anti-Asian attacks.
    Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Hate, an organization launched in 2020 to document anti-Asian activity and incidents of hate in the U.S. during the pandemic.
    Seoka Hwang, The Arizona Republic, 4 June 2024
  • That law, though, was hardly the only example of anti-Chinese — or, more broadly, anti-Asian — legal discrimination.
    Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023
  • Those feelings were compounded with the rise in anti-Asian violence during the pandemic, especially the March 2021 Atlanta spa shootings, which brought on further questions and confusion.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2023
  • So, her decision was not just to exclude the evidence but also to seal it and attempt, even long after the trial ended, to prevent the public from knowing about a federal official’s allegedly anti-Asian remarks.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2023
  • An Asian therapist or psychologist may more innately understand an Asian patient’s experience – such as being the victim of anti-Asian bias – and be able to gain their trust more comfortably.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Critics say the movement is also being fueled by growing anti-Asian sentiment in the United States, evidenced by a rise in hate crimes that became particularly acute during the covid-19 pandemic.
    Kimberly Kindy, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The show alternates between group commentary and interviews on issues like anti-Asian violence, politics and pop culture.
    Minhae Shim Roth, Good Housekeeping, 24 Mar. 2023

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