Skip to content

Rise in Asian American/Pacific Islander Violence

April 1, 2021
A protestor holds up a sign reading "#STOP ASIAN HATE" in a city square.

April 2, 2021 – New Mexico, like many other states, has seen a rise in the number of violent and harassing incidents targeting people of Asian American/Pacific Islander descent since the COVID-19 outbreak first began. Many people tie that surge to divisive and racist rhetoric that labeled COVID as the Chinese Virus or Wuhan Flu. Host Gene Grant…

Read More
New Mexico in Focus is on hiatus as our team gears up for coverage of the general election; we'll be back with all new journalism in October.