"17-year-old currently studying law, RE and History at A Levels." 1. Anti-Asian hate crimes during COVID-19. While the pandemic has wreaked havoc on people's health around the world, it has also resulted in an increase in hate crimes targeting a specific racial group. East Asians have recently been subjected to more heinous abuse than ever before and with COVID-19's origins in China, many uneducated individuals have taken it upon themselves to racially attack anyone Asian, believing that just because they are of Asian descent they need to be referred to as some disease. According to data from the UK police, hate crimes against East and Southeast Asians increased by 300 percent in the first quarter of 2020, compared to the same period in 2018 and 2019. From name calling, to physical abuse, there has been a wide range of attacks and they are damaging the safety of Asians in society. Jonathon Mok, 23 was just simply walking along Oxford Street when he heard the chants of...
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