45 % increase in hate violence |
The South Asian Americans Leading Together group March 22 hosted a Capitol Hill briefing with members of Congress and civil rights leaders to discuss its 2018 analysis of hate violence. The analysis, titled, “Communities on Fire,” examines the levels of hate violence faced by Indian Americans and other South Asians, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Middle Eastern and Arab Americans in the first year of the Trump administration, according to the organization. The event was hosted by U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin, D-Md.; Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii; and Chris Murphy, D-Conn. It was co-hosted by Democratic U.S. Reps. Ro Khanna, of California, Andre Carson, of Indiana, Keith Ellison of Minnesota, Raul Grijalva of Arizona, and Grace Meng of New York. Among the panelists at the briefing included Sikh Coalition national advocacy manager Sim Singh, Justice for Muslims Collective co-founder Darakshan Raja, Arab American Institute executive director Maya Berry and Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law`s Stop Hate Project director Becky Monroe. As lead sponsor of the End Racial and Religious Profiling Act, Cardin provided opening remarks to emphasize the connection between policies that racially and religiously profile the communities, such as the Muslim Ban and the spike in violence aimed at the same constituencies, SAALT said.
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