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In the late 1970s, Asian American leaders began to call attention to what they termed “rising anti-Asian activities.” At a congressional hearing on the impact of the new Asian immigration, an Asian American attorney contended that “today we are witnessing a resurgence of anti-Asian sentiment manifest by growing problems of vandalism, physical attack, and on occasion murder.”1 In a statement submitted to the US Commission on Civil Rights, US Representative Robert Matsui2 alerted the commission to the danger of rising anti-Asianism. In a 1988 keynote speech, the founding president of the Asian/Pacific Bar of California similarly warned, “The danger I see in the next decade is the revitalization of anti-Asian hostility”.3
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Espiritu, Y.L. (1996). Racial Killing or Barroom Brawl? Multiple Explanations of the Killing of Vincent Chin. In: Brass, P.R. (eds) Riots and Pogroms. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24867-4_8
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