1 in 3 Asian Americans report being verbally harassed or called a slur

The latest STAATUS index from the Asian American Foundation shows little progress since it began tracking attitudes toward the AAPI community in 2021.

While we’ve put the masks away and started to move on from COVID, the accompanying acrimony for Asian Americans still lingers. The Asian American Foundation has released its fourth annual STAATUS (Social Tracking of Asian Americans in the United States) index, which tracks attitudes toward the community. It contains survey data from 6,272 Americans across the country.