The parade is part of a push to highlight New York City's Asian community amid a sustained uptick in race-based violence since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
At the Stop Asian Hate rally in Columbus Park, Manhattan, March 21, 2021Mayor Eric Adams this week announced the first annual Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Parade, set for this Sunday May 15th.
The new parade will join the ranks of the city’s annual Thanksgiving Day Parade and others to snake around Midtown streets with fanfare — part of a push to highlight the city’s Asian community amid a sustained uptick in race-based violence since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. “As we work to combat a spike in hate crimes, it is important to support and uplift our AAPI brothers and sisters,” Adams said announcing the new procession.
Hate crimes against Asian American New Yorkers were down so far during the first quarter of this year, dropping to 17 compared to 38 during the same time period last year, But the decline followed a year during which Asian-Americans were targeted for violence in New York — up to 131 attacks, from 28 the year prior.
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