{"id":352240,"date":"2021-03-30T17:31:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T21:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=352240"},"modified":"2021-03-30T17:31:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T21:31:19","slug":"biden-admin-announces-new-actions-and-funding-to-combat-anti-asian-violence-xenophobia-and-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-announces-new-actions-and-funding-to-combat-anti-asian-violence-xenophobia-and-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Announces New Actions And Funding To Combat \u2018Anti-Asian Violence, Xenophobia And Bias\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-announces-new-actions-and-funding-to-combat-anti-asian-violence-xenophobia-and-bias%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=352240&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4613.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Biden administration announced new actions in response to \u201canti-Asian violence, xenophobia and bias\u201d in the wake of recent attacks against Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) people across the country. The moves come after a man was captured on video physically assaulting a 65-year-old Asian woman outside a New York City apartment building on Monday, and six Asian women were shot and killed at three massage parlors in Atlanta two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t be silent in the face of rising violence against Asian Americans,\u201d President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1376931500852187143\">tweeted<\/a> on Tuesday. \u201cThat\u2019s why today I\u2019m taking additional steps to respond \u2013 including establishing an initiative at the Department of Justice to address anti-Asian crimes. These attacks are wrong, un-American, and must stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.404255319149\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We can\u2019t be silent in the face of rising violence against Asian Americans. That\u2019s why today I\u2019m taking additional steps to respond\u2013including establishing an initiative at the Department of Justice to address anti-Asian crimes.<\/p>\n<p>These attacks are wrong, un-American, and must stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1376931500852187143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A White House fact sheet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/03\/30\/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-additional-actions-to-respond-to-anti-asian-violence-xenophobia-and-bias\/\">said<\/a> the measures were necessary \u201cto advance equity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities through a whole-of-government approach to racial justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The changes include establishing a DOJ \u201ccross-agency initiative\u201d to track anti-Asian hate crime reports, having the FBI conduct \u201ccivil rights training events to promote state and local law enforcement reporting of hate crimes,\u201d and a new COVID-19 Equity Task Force committee \u201con addressing and ending xenophobia against Asian Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.136212624585\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exclusive: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> announcing new actions to combat violence against Asian Americans, including establishing a new DOJ initiative, allocating $49.5M for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, and creating a new COVID-19 task force to end xenophobia.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Weijia Jiang (@weijia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/weijia\/status\/1376928007152152582?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/asian-american-violence-white-house-response\/\">reports<\/a>, \u201cthe administration said on Tuesday that it is reinstating the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and expanding the initiative\u2019s original mandate to include coordination across federal agencies to respond to anti-Asian bias and violence, with a particular focus on gender-based violence against Asian Americans.\u201d President Joe Biden will appoint a permanent Director to lead the effort, a White House statement said.<\/p>\n<p>According to CBS, the Initiative was launched during the Clinton administration but \u201ccurrently has no direct staff at either the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), where the initiative is housed, or other agencies that are supposed to designate liaisons.\u201d The outlet went on to report, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbda.gov\/page\/whiaapi-background\">the current page for the initiative on the MBDA website<\/a> has also not been updated since Mr. Biden took office, as it features a picture of former President Donald Trump and his picks for the group, causing some concern that the current White House has not been fully interested in reshaping it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The administration also announced that the Department of Health and Human Services would direct $49.5 million from the coronavirus relief package Biden signed earlier this month to a new grant program. It will fund \u201ccommunity based, culturally specific services and programs for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault who face additional barriers to services and safety, such as language access barriers.\u201d The plan will expand services to AAPI communities.<\/p>\n<p>Officials also indicated the National Science Foundation had invested more than $33 million supporting research grants \u201cto understand, address, and end bias, discrimination and xenophobia, including against AAPI communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese diverse researchers are advancing innovative studies to reveal new and more effective strategies for reducing the frequency and severity of discrimination experienced by historically underrepresented groups,\u201d the White House statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Mazie Hirono, a Democrat from Hawaii, and Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) introduced the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act earlier this month that would expedite the federal review of pandemic-related hate crimes and provide support for state and local law enforcement agencies to respond to those reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRacism is never far below the surface in America, which is all too evident as the AAPI community has experienced escalating attacks and targeted violence during the pandemic,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maziehirono\/status\/1376932736322170884\">tweeted<\/a> Senator Hirono on Tuesday. \u201cWe must confront the systems that allowed this hatred to fester and spread \u2013 exactly what @POTUS is doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. David Trone (D-Maryland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDavidTrone\/status\/1376959161343303684\">said<\/a>, \u201cThese new actions will root out hate, promote inclusivity, and save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/narrative-that-asians-are-victims-of-white-supremacy-comes-from-activists-pushing-policies-rejected-by-many-asians\">\u2018Asians Are Victims Of White Supremacy\u2019 Narrative Comes From Activists Pushing Policies Rejected By Many Asians<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, the Biden administration announced new actions in response to \u201canti-Asian violence, xenophobia and bias\u201d in the wake of recent attacks against Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) people &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311412,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4613.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Admin Announces New Actions And Funding To Combat \u2018Anti-Asian Violence, Xenophobia And Bias\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-352240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4613.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Admin Announces New Actions And Funding To Combat \u2018Anti-Asian Violence, Xenophobia And Bias\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}