Violent acts against Asian Americans have risen over the past year amid the coronavirus pandemic, with experts saying the increase is rooted in U.S. history of scapegoating Asians in difficult times, as well as racial profiling and a failure to understand Asian diversity."This is a long history that has been simmering," said Nadia Kim, a professor of sociology at Loyola Marymount University in California, the U.S. state with the largest Asian American population."Donald Trump couldn't have just lit a match and everything exploded if there was nothing there to begin with," she added, referri…READ FULL ARTICLE
