{"id":194954,"date":"2024-04-03T15:32:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T01:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=194954"},"modified":"2025-01-06T15:11:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T01:11:56","slug":"rise-in-anti-asian-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/03\/rise-in-anti-asian-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian-American social workers witness rise in anti-Asian racism"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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Amid the aftermath of heightened xenophobia and racism toward Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty from the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health<\/a> exposed the challenges and resilience of these communities in three publications.<\/p>\n

Yeonjung Jane Lee, Sophia Lau and Clifford Bersamira, alongside master of social work student Jaron Yamauchi, aimed to address anti-Asian racism by understanding the experiences of Asian American social workers with the current climate of division and hostility.<\/p>\n

“We saw community members in action, mobilizing, advocating and supporting one another,” Lau said. “We felt it was imperative that, as frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Asian American social workers\u2019 stories, experiences, as well as their recommendations on advocacy efforts to combat anti-Asian racism were heard.”<\/p>\n

The team interviewed 17 social workers across the nation. Their collaborative efforts helped shed light on the multifaceted nature of discrimination and its implications. Their findings were published in Social Work<\/a><\/em>, Journal of Social Work<\/a><\/em> and Journal of Gerontological Social Work<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Among the findings:<\/p>\n