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Author: Asian American Psychological Association and National Urban League

Year: 1/18/2021 to 4/9/2021

Questionnaire topics related to hate:

  • Experiences with anti-Asian discrimination
  • Experiences with racial trauma

Method: Online, paper, and phone survey, dual frame sample of a Qualtrics panel representing a national dataset of AA and PI ethnic groups supplemented by convenience sample from community organizations and social media platforms

Sample size: 4,157 adults (3,736 AAs, 421 NHPIs)

Population: AAs and NHPIs, national

Languages supported: English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Vietnamese, Tagalog, Korean, Hindi, Urdu, Bangla, Khmer, Samoan, Tongan, CHamoru/CHamorro, and Marshallese

Summary of findings: Three in ten (31%) Asian American adults faced discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic. Three-quarters (75%) of Asian Americans believed the United States had become more dangerous for their racial/ethnic group. As expected, those who experienced anti-Asian hate incidents and reported to the Stop AA & NH/PI Hate Reporting Center were more likely to perceive anti-Asian discrimination compared to respondents from the national needs assessment survey. More than half (54%) of Asian-language survey respondents were cyberbullied because of their race/ethnicity compared to 25% of English-language survey respondents.  Differences were also observed in the types of Anti-Asian discrimination experienced by Asian-language respondents and English-language respondents. Discrimination is a major source of stress and four out of ten experience at least one race-based stress symptom after experiencing a hate incident.