The fatal shootings of six Asian women in Georgia have turned a spotlight on a disturbing trend of the past year: Crimes against people of Asian descent have risen sharply in the United States, along with online slurs blaming them for the coronavirus pandemic. Although authorities say the alleged shooter, Robert Aaron Long, 21, does not appear to have been motivated by ethnic hatred, the broader trend of hateful words and deeds against Asians and Asian Americans is clear, researchers say, and appears to have spiked since the November presidential election and the contentious months that followed.
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