Filipinos in NY urged to be vigilant even amid decreasing hate crimes vs. Asians

The Philippine Consulate in New York has called on Filipinos to stay vigilant even if the incidents of hate crimes against Asians have decreased.

Consul General Elmer Cato said hate crime incidents against Asians in New York decreased by 53% but hate crimes against Blacks increased by 67%.

"Hate crime incidents do not only involve Filipinos. Hate crimes are committed against Blacks, Latinos, Jews, Muslims, members of the LGBT community," Cato said during a Super Radyo dzBB interview.

"We are calling on our kababayans to be careful especially when riding the subway, avoid going out at night, avoid dimly lit streets," he added.

Just recently, a passenger in a subway train was caught putting saliva on a fellow passenger who is a Filipino, prompting the latter to retaliate by knocking the other passenger down.

A woman picked on the wrong Asian on the N train this morning. She spat on her hand and wiped her saliva on a young Filipino hospital worker seated next to her. She then saw a few stars. Our kababayan comes from a family of boxing legends in the Philippines. #StopAsianHate pic.twitter.com/e84SFlDdt9

— Elmer G Cato (@elmer_cato) June 3, 2022

The subway incident, Cato said, was just one of the 40 reported hate crime incidents against Filipinos.—AOL, GMA News