CSER Adjunct Professor Elizabeth OuYang is quoted in The Washington Post for her work as a civil rights attorney specialized in combatting hate crimes. As schools reopen, OuYang describes how some Asian American families are fearful of sending their children back due to the rise of anti-Asian racism. Parents and kids have shared stories of strangers harassing them, yelling at them to “speak English” or “go back to your home country.” As a result, families in New York City are fearful of children’s solo commutes to school, opting to keep them at home to learn remotely.

OuYang directs an annual hate crime prevention art project for the nonprofit OCA-NY Asian Pacific American Advocates in New York City.