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Stanford event to examine anti-South Asian hate in U.S.
The event is being organized by Stanford’s Center for South Asia, CSOH and Stop AAPI Hate.
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Pranavi Sharma - Tue, 26, May 2026
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Speakers include Kalpana Peddibhotla, executive director of the South Asian American Justice Collaborative; Sameer Hossain, former senior policy adviser at the White House; and Manjusha Kulkarni, executive director of AAPI Equity Alliance and co-director of Stop AAPI Hate. / X
Stanford University’s Center for South Asia, in collaboration with the Center for the Study of Organized Hate and Stop AAPI Hate, will host an in-person event titled ‘Anti-South Asian Hate: Understanding, Responding, and Building Solidarity’ on June 2.
The event will take place at Stanford University and will focus on anti-South Asian hate, racism and xenophobia in the United States, according to organizers.
In a post on X, the Center for the Study of Organized Hate, or CSOH, said the event will feature presentations on the latest data and a panel discussion examining “the scope and nature of anti-South Asian hate, both online and offline, in the US.”
Organizers said the discussion will explore the factors driving hostility toward South Asian communities, including the role of social media platforms, and will examine strategies for communities, institutions and policymakers to respond.
Together with @StopAAPIHate and the @csastanford, we're co-organizing an important in-person event at Stanford University next Tuesday (June 2nd).
— Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) (@csohate) May 25, 2026
The event features presentations on the latest data and a panel discussion exploring the scope and nature of anti-South Asian hate,… pic.twitter.com/WjOB0nlXNL
According to the event description, anti-South Asian hate has increasingly appeared in neighborhoods, workplaces, schools and social media platforms across the United States. Organizers said such hostility has manifested in harassment, discrimination and hate-fueled violence, while remaining “underreported, understudied, and too often invisible in mainstream conversations about racism and discrimination.”
The event is being organized by Stanford’s Center for South Asia, CSOH and Stop AAPI Hate. It will include presentations and a panel discussion involving academics, policy experts and advocacy leaders.
Speakers include Kalpana Peddibhotla, executive director of the South Asian American Justice Collaborative; Sameer Hossain, former senior policy adviser at the White House; and Manjusha Kulkarni, executive director of AAPI Equity Alliance and co-director of Stop AAPI Hate.
Other participants include Stephanie Chan, director of data and research at Stop AAPI Hate; Lalita du Perron, associate director of the Center for South Asia; Rohit Chopra, professor at Santa Clara University; and Raqib Naik, executive director of the Center for the Study of Organized Hate.
The organizers said the discussion will focus on both online and offline forms of anti-South Asian hate and will examine “actionable strategies for communities, institutions, and policymakers to push back.”
The event comes amid continued discussions in the United States around racism, online harassment and violence targeting Asian American and South Asian communities.
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