Oscars excitement dampened by anti-Asian hate for Asian Americans.

The historic achievement of Asian Americans at the Oscars was overshadowed by the rising anti-Asian hate crimes in the US. The FBI reported 746 attacks targeting people of Asian descent in 2021, up from 249 a year earlier and the most in three decades. President Biden visited the families of victims of the shooting in January that left 11 dead during a Lunar New Year festival at a dance studio in a largely Asian immigrant community. The emotional outpouring among Asian Americans across the country at the sight of Asian faces clutching golden trophies as part of Hollywood’s celebration of movies reflected a feeling that their community had, at long last, been validated at the highest levels of U.S. popular culture.