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Key PointsVice President Kamala Harris on Friday responded to a ."We must continue to commit ourselves to combating racism and discrimination," Harris said on Twitter.Videos of recent attacks on older Asian Americans in California's Bay Area spread across social media in the last week.One showed a 91-year-old man being pushed from behind and landing facedown on the street in the Chinatown neighborhood of Oakland, Harris' hometown.Another showed 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee violently shoved to the ground in San Francisco. He later died, the San Francisco Chronicle .More than 2,500 hate crimes reported against Asian-Americans in 2020Harris' comments come on Lunar New Year, as the Covid pandemic and fears of violence dampened holiday festivities.Other politicians have taken note of the issue."Especially in the days leading up to Lunar New Year, a time of cultural pride and celebration for millions of Asian Americans, the increase in attacks in Chinatowns in particular has had a chilling effect on our community," Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus,&nbsp;said in a Thursday.Hate incidents and violence against Asian Americans have increased during the Covid pandemic. Advocates say anti-Asian sentiments have been stoked by the actions of leaders such as , who continually referred to the coronavirus in terms such as "Chinese virus" and "Kung flu.""Across the country, there were more than 2,500 reports of anti-Asian hate incidents related to COVID-19 between March and September 2020," a recent by the Asian American Bar Association of New York and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &amp; Garrison LLP found."And this number understates the actual number of anti-Asian hate incidents because most incidents are not reported," the study said.When asked at a White House briefing Monday about President Joe Biden's response to the recent violent attacks against Asian Americans, press secretary Jen Psaki said the president condemns discrimination against Asian Americans."He has been outspoken and making clear that attacks — verbal attacks, any attacks of any form — are unacceptable and we need to work together to address them," Psaki said.Biden on Jan. 26 targeting xenophobia against Asian Americans."We appreciate President Biden's executive order calling for greater protections for the [Asian and Pacific Islander] community as a result of racism and xenophobia linked to the pandemic, and we thank those who stand in solidarity with the API community," California's Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus said in a Thursday."But it is not enough to simply disavow racism, xenophobia, and violence. We must call attention to these injustices and protect one another," the caucus said.

Key PointsVice President Kamala Harris on Friday responded to a ."We must continue to commit ourselves to combating racism and discrimination," Harris said on Twitter.Videos of recent attacks on older Asian Americans in California's Bay Area spread across social media in the last week.One showed a 91-year-old man being pushed from behind and landing facedown on the street in the Chinatown neighborhood of Oakland, Harris' hometown.Another showed 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee violently shoved to the ground in San Francisco. He later died, the San Francisco Chronicle .More than 2,500 hate...

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