Asian-American business leaders fund anti-discrimination effort

Over the past year, hate crime against Asian-Americans has jumped 169 per cent, according to a study by the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism

Some of the wealthiest and most influential Asian-Amer­i­can business leaders are mou­nting an ambitious plan to challenge anti-Asian discrimination, rewrite school curricula to reflect the role of Asian-Americans in history and coll­ect data to guide policymakers.
 
The group has pledged $125 million to a newly formed initiative, the Asian Amer­ican Found­ation. The foundation has raised another $125 million from organisat­ions like Wal­mart, Bank of America, the Ford Foundation and the National Basketball Association.
 
It is the single largest philanthropic gift devoted to Asian-Americans, who comprise ab­out 6 per cent of the po­pulation but receive less than 1 per