This week marks one year since eight people were killed in a mass shooting at three spas in Atlanta and Cherokee County. Six of those killed were Asian women.
Numbers from a national advocacy group tracking race-based crimes and harassment show there has been an increase in anti-Asian hate incidents nationwide.
The group Stop AAPI Hate says anti-Asian comments from leading politicians about the pandemic prompted a national increase in harassment and violence toward Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
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