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I found my passion in journalism at 15 after experiencing anti-Asian hate and seeing reporters amplify my voice. Now, victims feel like their stories are not important just because the media moved on. In @rachelswarns.bsky.social’s class, I’m digging into how that silence fuels more hate.

Rachel Swarns (@rachelswarns.bsky.social)

NYU professor. NYT contributing writer. Author of THE 272: the harrowing origin story of the Catholic Church and one family's indomitable will to survive. I write about history, race, life.

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Yesterday, I spoke with an anti-Asian hate crime victim who was violently beaten on the train nearly two years ago by three teenage girls. She told me that law enforcement made it hard for her to report the crime and how she felt like they didn’t take her report seriously. Her story is one of many.

Only 56% of hate crime incidents result in arrests in 2023, according to the New York State Comptroller. Some advocates say that cops and district attorneys downplay them - even when racial slurs or racially motivated attacks are involved.

A city worker spraying away salt and ice in the middle of the road in Chinatown, New York City, on February 11, 2025, a few days after a winter storm. A family chats at a street corner in front of an Italian restaurant in Little Italy, New York City, on February 11, 2025.

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NYU “will comply with the law” amid the Trump administration’s prospective crackdown on visas of students who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college campuses. Check out this story on Washington Square News📰.

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NYU’s Contract Faculty United is bracing for President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration, presenting new proposals focused on protecting international faculty during its Friday bargaining session with university administrators. Check out this piece on Washington Square News📰.

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