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In November 2014, the federal government launched the Asian American and Pacific Islander Bullying Prevention Task Force in response to community concerns about bullying of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students across the country. The AAPI Task Force includes members from across the federal government, including from the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Although each of these agencies has been working to address bullying of AAPI students, the AAPI Task Force focuses and coordinates these efforts to ensure that the federal government’s response to this important issue is as effective as possible.
More than one-quarter of students between the ages of 12 and 18 reported being bullied at school during the 2010-2011 school year—nearly 7 million students. Some Asian American and Pacific Islander students face bullying and harassment based on their immigration status, such as Micronesian students whose families have recently immigrated to the continent and Hawaii. Others are bullied for the way they look, such as turbaned Sikh youth, or for their English language skills. One 2014 study found that 67% of turbaned Sikh youth in Fresno, CA, have experienced bullying or harassment. A 2012 survey found that half of the 163 Asian American New York City public school students reported experiencing some kind of bias-based harassment, compared with only 27 percent in 2009. Finally, another 2012 survey found that 50 percent of Muslim youth surveyed experienced verbal or social bullying because of their religion.
More information here: http://www.ed.gov/edblogs/aapi/aapi-bullying/
