MANILA, Philippines —Several Filipinos living in the United States were not exempted from the increasing cases of violent acts directed towards Asians in the country amid the ongoing global health pandemic.
Since February, there have been reports of Filipino-Americans who have been victims of an unprovoked assault. While most of them survived, an elderly Filipino man was killed in what was called an apparent “random attack” last month.
This surge in the number of violence, harassment, and discrimination – which does not only affect Filipino-Americans but also the whole Asian community in the country – has already been observed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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