Article by [author-name] (c) South China Morning Post - Read full story here.
Letter urges US Congress to hold hearings on racial profiling of Asian-Americans
Dozens of influential representatives from the scientific, civil rights and Asian-American communities released a letter on Monday urging the US Congress to take steps to end racial profiling and halt unreasonable investigations into researchers and scholars of Chinese descent.The letter comes as Asian-Americans, emboldened by a change in the administration and the growing electoral power that helped put the new president and lawmakers there, become increasingly vocal about defending their…