It was five years ago this month that COVID-19-fueled incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders became so frequent that a reporting center was formed. Stop AAPI Hate legitimized fears of a concurrent pandemic of xenophobia. Their data contributed to key legislation including the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act. That time was also a turning point that galvanized groups and young people to engage in more activism within the Asian American community. Now, supporters of fighting anti-Asian hate are worried it will only intensify in a political climate of anti-immigrant policies, English-only laws and DEI rollbacks. So Stop AAPI Hate has expanded its focus beyond being a data hub to become a source of education on these issues.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the claim that white people are being persecuted in his country is a "completely false narrative." It's his latest attempt to push back against allegations made by U.S. President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and some white minority groups in South Africa. South African-born Musk repeated a claim this weekend in a social media post that some of the country's political figures are "actively promoting white genocide." Ramaphosa said Monday "we should challenge the completely false narrative that our country is a place in which people of a certain race or culture are being targeted for persecution."