Hate crimes against Asians in the U.S. have skyrocketed since the start of the pandemic. At least 4,500 incidents were reported in the first six months of this year, and more than 9,000 since March 2020. That’s according to Stop AAPI Hate, which tracks such crimes. Bing Wang spoke with Russell Jeung, one of the co-founders of the organization, to find out why.