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LA County's Human Relations Commission's New Approach To Documenting Hate Crimes

By Jade Hindmon / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host

Published April 13, 2021 at 12:15 PM PDT

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Chinese-Japanese American student Kara Chu, 18, holds a pair of heart balloons decorated by herself for the rally "Love Our Communities: Build Collective Power" to raise awareness of anti-Asian violence outside the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, March 13, 2021.

LA County's Human Relations Commission's New Approach To Documenting Hate Crimes

For many people in the Asian American Pacific Islander community, fear about the pandemic has been compounded by anti-Asian hate. Today SDSU’s Department of Sociology and Center for Community Research and Engagement will hold a talk on Acts of Hate, Immigration and the Pandemic.

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For many people in the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, fear about the pandemic has been compounded by incidences of hate crimes.

Today, SDSU’s Department of Sociology and Center for Community Research and Engagement will hold a talk exploring the connection between Acts of Hate, Immigration and the Pandemic.

The event will feature Robin Toma, the executive director of the Human Relations Commission in Los Angeles.

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Toma joined Midday Edition on Tuesday to discuss the commission's new system for victims to report hate crimes and get help.

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Jade Hindmon is KPBS Midday Edition co-host. Prior to making San Diego home, Jade worked in markets across the Southeast and Midwest, building a network of sources to tell the stories of people in each community. She worked as a multimedia journalist and anchor at WRTV in Indianapolis. While there, she launched “The Weekend Edition of Good Morning Indiana” and generated breaking news content for both broadcast and digital platforms. Prior to Indianapolis, she was an anchor and multimedia journalist at FOX Carolina in Greenville, SC. As part of that Emmy Award winning team, she covered elections, landed exclusive interviews, and interviewed presidential candidates. Jade also had the opportunity to cover international news and was able to travel to South Africa during the 2010 World Cup. Jade is a three-time Emmy nominee, a National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Finalist, and the recipient of a South Carolina Associated Press Award. She is a proud graduate of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.

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