Image Source : PTI Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and several other US lawmakers have mentioned that they’re appalled by the continued acts of hate towards Asian Americans and condemned hate, racial discrimination, and violence in all types. More than 3,000 incidents of abuse towards Asian Americans had been reported between March and December 2020, in line with Asian American advocacy teams. There had been solely 216 reported instances in 2019, in line with FBI statistics.
“I am appalled by the ongoing acts of hate against Asian Americans and the Asian community globally. Racism, hate, and violence have no place in our society. I am united with the Asian and Asian American community in standing against this injustice,” Nadella mentioned in a tweet, a day after US President Joe Biden mentioned that the ‘vicious’ hate crimes towards Asian Americans within the nation amidst the pandemic was ‘un-American’ and it should cease.
Denouncing ‘violent’ assaults on the Asian Americans, Biden in his first prime-time handle to the nation since assuming workplace in January, mentioned that members of the group had been harassed, blamed and scapegoated.
In a press release, Microsoft mentioned that it condemns hate, racial discrimination, and violence in all types.
Meanwhile, outstanding lawmakers have joined fingers to introduce a laws to handle the rise of hate crimes and violence towards Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Congressman Donald M. Payne, expressed concern over a rise in racist assaults towards Asian Americans throughout the COVID-19 world pandemic.
“I want to condemn the abuse and assault that has happened to Asian Americans during his pandemic in the strongest words possible,” Payne mentioned.
“Hate and violence have no place in America at all. These attacks must stop because they are cowardly attempts to scapegoat and blame Americans for a pandemic that started thousands of miles away. Thankfully, we have a president who supports diversity and will protect all Americans in his language and his actions. It is time for us to come together as a country and that includes all Americans,” he mentioned.
Senator Dianne Feinstein mentioned that over the previous few weeks, nominees for the highest three management positions on the Justice Department have appeared earlier than the Senate Judiciary Committee, as has the director of the FBI.
“At each hearing the topic of hate crimes came up, in large part due to steep increases in attacks against Asian Americans,” she mentioned.
“The increase appears to be based on a fabricated connection between the Asian-American community and the COVID pandemic, a conspiracy theory with no basis in fact that is pure racism. We must rebut the conspiracy theory itself and also directly confront the rise in hate crimes,” Feinstein mentioned.
Senator Alex Padilla, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Senator Mazie Hirono and Congressmen Grace Meng in introducing laws to handle the rise of hate crimes and violence towards AAPI communities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I am disturbed by the recent increase in hate crimes and violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in California and across the country,” Padilla mentioned.
“It is clear that this uptick in violence against Asian Americans is the direct result of the racist rhetoric used by political leaders with regard to the pandemic and we must take action to address it. The COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act will direct law enforcement to better collaborate across jurisdictions and expedite the response to COVID-19 related hate crimes, and will work to mitigate racially discriminatory language used to describe the pandemic,” he mentioned.
The COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act would direct the US Attorney General to designate an official whose sole accountability can be to expedite overview of COVID-19 hate crimes from federal, state, and native legislation enforcement businesses. The laws additionally directs the Attorney General to situation steering to state and native legislation enforcement businesses on acceptable public training campaigns and the gathering of knowledge on COVID-19 hate crimes.
The ongoing anti-Asian hate crimes and incidents, particularly towards our aged Asian Americans, is totally horrific, mentioned Congresswoman Meng. “Since the beginning of the pandemic there have been nearly 3,000 reported incidents of physical, verbal, and online attacks against Asian Americans,” she mentioned.
Acting US Attorney Tessa M Gorman and FBI Special Agent in Charge Donald M. Voiret mentioned that presently federal prosecutors and the FBI are reviewing two instances involving assaults on Asian-American neighbours which have been charged by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
“These crimes, and other acts of hate and bias, have no place in our community. I urge members of our community to report hate-based crimes to either local or federal law enforcement and to contact our office’s civil rights line with information about discrimination in areas like housing, employment, education, or public accommodations,” Gorman mentioned.
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