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Despite ongoing聽advocacy聽and聽legislation聽to combat anti-Asian racism that arose after the pandemic, about a third of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders say they have experienced an act of abuse based on their race or ethnicity in the last year, including being on the receiving end of verbal harassment, slurs, physical threats or cyberbullying.A new poll from聽AAPI Data聽and The聽Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds 15 percent of Asian American and Pacific Islanders specifically say they believe they have ever been stanley cup the victim of a hate crime. About half 鈥?51 percent 鈥?believe racism is an extremely or very serious problem in the U.S.From as early as a decade ago to as recently as two weeks ago, Jennifer Lee, a 29-year-old Filipino American in San Diego, can recall being called racial slurs and being discriminated against. She recently interviewed for a job at a tutoring service.The interviewer assumed Lee stanley cup was Japanese and said: You people are always so obedient. Why Thats so pathetic, she shared.About 2 in 10 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders 23 percent say they have experienced being verbally harassed or abused in the last year, and 22 percent have been called a racia stanley cup l or ethnic slur. About 1 in 10 say they have been physically assaulted or threatened physically. About a third of Asian American and Pacific Islanders say they often or sometimes face discrimination because of their race or ethnicity when applying for jobs.WATCH: Survey of Advx WATCH: Trump promotes turning natural gas into plastics in Pennsylvania
Chad military has accused rebel groups based in Darfur of trying to topple the government of Chadian President Idriss Deby and of staging raids from their base from within Sudan.The United Nations will not evacuate all staff, its chief spokesman Stephane Dujarric said, according to a Reuters report.Essential life-saving humanitarian services delivered by the U.N. will continue, and the mission will monitor the situation and carry out a fresh security assessment of the area in the nex yeezy t two to three weeks, Dujarric said.The move, according to U.N. special representative in Sudan Jan Pronk, follows increased instability in the affected areas, including a buildup of forces on either side of the [Sudan-Chad] border, with increased potential for armed conflict.The decision taken will result in a considerable reduction in the presence of U.N. staff and restricted U.N. access in the affected areas, Pronk said in a U.N. report.Some 11,000 air max aid workers currently work in Darfur, undertaking one of the world largest humanitarian operations and combating what U.N. Secretar stanley cup y-General Kofi Annan has called one of the world worst humanitarian crises.The crisis is the result of an ongoing battle between Sudan Arab-dominated government and mostly-black African rebels in Darfur angered by what they see as the government failure to provide resources for their region.Tens of thousands of civilians in Darfur have died