■ Stakeholders stated that public anxiety and fear during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, along with negative rhetoric about Asians by prominent politicians and public officials, triggered the recent wave of antiAsian hate.

■ Stakeholders described that personally mediated antiAsian attacks occurred in the context of long-standing systemic racism—a persistent undertone for the rise of anti-Asian attacks.

■ Interviewees revealed that although the recent rise of anti-Asian attacks has produced widespread fear and anxiety in the Asian American community, it also has galvanized newfound alliances and resilience.

■ Stakeholders identified several strategies to fight antiAsian racism, including improving the reporting of hate incidents and increasing public education about AAPI history and contributions.

■ To reduce racial inequities and better target services needed by AAPI communities, interviewees expressed that funding priority should be given to collecting raceand ethnicity-specific data.