Violent, racist attacks are making headlines across the country. Many of them go viral if they’re caught on video and shared on social media. But what about the racist incidents that don’t trend online? Project 1907, a community-led, grassroots data project is trying to fill that gap by collecting data on racist experiences that Asians in Canada can experience everyday.
, Project 1907 has collected over 120 reports of anti-Asian racism between January and mid-May. Their data shows 20 per cent of reported incidents involved assault like targeted coughing, spitting or physical violence, and 80 per cent of racist incidents were verbal harassment like name-calling, racial slurs, or threats. Over 70 per cent of respondents identified as women. Most of the reported incidents happened in public places such as sidewalks, grocery stores and transit.
Led by Asian women, Project 1907 started circulating an online survey to their community in B.C., and also got some reports from Quebec, Ontario and Alberta. While participants of this survey are anonymous, the data is giving a voice to those who've experienced racism that might not be captured on camera or in police data and hate crime statistics. We’re not sharing the co-founders’ full names because they’ve also been the target of racist incidents in the past.
The data collected by Project 1907 aims to contextualize the most violent incidents and show that acts of racism are not isolated events but rather part of a structural problem in society.
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