By Sunita Sohrabji, Ethnic Media Services
EL CAJON, California — A group of community leaders joined reporters from the ethnic press here Dec. 9 to discuss strategies for mitigating hate.
Hate violence has risen to unprecedented levels over the past three years. The web portal Stop AAPI Hate has collected over 11,000 reports of bias-motivated crimes and incidents. The Council on American-Islamic Relations says it has received 1,283 requests for help and reports of bias since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, a rise of 216%. Jewish Americans continue to be the number one targets of hate, according to 2022 FBI Uniform Crime Report data.
“Combatting hate requires collaboration across all ethnic groups,” said Ethnic Media Services President Julian Do. EMS, along with CAIR San Diego and Catalyst, organized the event.
Tazheen Nizami, executive director of CAIR San Diego, echoed Do’s remarks. “We must work to build communities that are trustful and respectful of each other,” she said. “We see the need for community building. The Muslim community has had a heck of a time in the past couple of months. We were not able to share information which builds trust,” she said.
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The community leaders agreed to meet every quarter to continue a dialogue across multiple communities.
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Unfortunately, since the rise of Trump, no… We cannot get rid of anti-Asian hate. I wish I was wrong.