{"id":63496,"date":"2024-03-19T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T18:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=63496"},"modified":"2024-03-19T11:35:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T18:35:00","slug":"looking-at-californias-hate-reporting-hotline-one-year-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=63496","title":{"rendered":"Looking at California\u2019s Hate Reporting Hotline One Year In"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_54 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_54\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span><a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/ethnicmediaservices.org\/author\/selen-ozturk\/\">Selen Ozturk<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_55 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_55\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><i class=\"tdb-date-icon tdc-font-fa tdc-font-fa-calendar\"><\/i><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-03-19T10:49:06-07:00\">Mar 19, 2024<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_56 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_56\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>One year after the multilingual CA vs Hate reporting hotline was launched, how has it answered hate?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_57 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_57\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"entry-thumb\" title=\"hotline\" src=\"https:\/\/ethnicmediaservices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hotline.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ethnicmediaservices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hotline.png 1200w, https:\/\/ethnicmediaservices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hotline-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/ethnicmediaservices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hotline-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/ethnicmediaservices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hotline-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/ethnicmediaservices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hotline-150x81.png 150w, https:\/\/ethnicmediaservices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hotline-696x377.png 696w, https:\/\/ethnicmediaservices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/hotline-1068x579.png 1068w\" alt=\"hotline\" width=\"1200\" height=\"650\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_58 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_58\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>One year after the multilingual CA vs Hate reporting hotline was launched, how has it answered hate?<\/p>\n<p>At a Friday, March 15 Ethnic Media Services briefing, CA vs Hate staff, civil rights state organizers and community organizations on the ground discussed hate crime trends throughout California, and how the hotline connects those experiencing hate with local resources including mental health support, legal aid and financial help.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The hotline<\/h2>\n<p>Since the CA vs Hate line was launched in May 2023, \u201cwe have received 823 reports of hate across 79% of the counties in California,\u201d said Chantel Bermudez, senior manager of the hotline.<\/p>\n<p>The protected status reported most often is race, ethnicity, country of origin; then religion; sexual orientation; and gender identity. \u201c66% of those who reported hate accepted care services,\u201d she added, the top five kinds being legal aid, general counseling; consumer complaint assistance; community action and social advocacy; and landlord tenant assistance.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td-video-replacer\" data-id=\"undefined\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"DD9Vt2gdzJc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"widget2\" title=\"California Versus Hate Resource Line Connects Hate Victims to Support Services\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DD9Vt2gdzJc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"392\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Chantel Bermudez, Senior Manager of the CA vs. Hate Resource Line, CA Civil Rights Department gives an overview of the new CA vs Hate Resource Line and Network, which connects those who have experienced or witnessed hate to appropriate support services and agencies.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The resource is open between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday by phone at\u00a0 833-8-NO-HATE or 833-866-4283, or anytime online at<a href=\"http:\/\/cavshate.org\/\">\u00a0cavshate.org<\/a>, for California residents to privately report and get support in over 200 languages for non-emergency hate crimes and incidents for free, regardless of immigration status, and anonymously if they choose.<\/p>\n<p>Community organizations partnered with the hotline provide hate response services statewide through weekly case conferences with state civil rights agents, said CA Civil Rights Department Community-Based Organization Manager James Williams, Jr.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of the largest efforts of its kind by the sheer size of our state, and many states are looking at how we implement it by working together to help those in need of support,\u201d he added. \u201cAs California goes, so goes much of the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stopping hate on the ground<\/h2>\n<p>The CA vs Hate network includes 13 call centers and five direct victim support organizations statewide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen someone calls the line, we provide an interpreter in their preferred language, and referrals to the type of resources they want. Someone trained to take reports writes a description of what bias motivations and words or actions the hate act included,\u201d said Yolie Anguiano, CA vs Hate director for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/211la.org\/\">211LA<\/a>, the state hotline\u2019s lead agency, which has provided a similar 24-hour LA vs Hate service for a third of Californians since 2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td-video-replacer\" data-id=\"undefined\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"WtMuVUnGcZY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"widget4\" title=\"Improving Hate Crime Prevention and Response With California Versus Hate Reporting Program\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WtMuVUnGcZY?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"392\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Yolie Anguiano, 211LA, describes the services people will receive when they call the CA vs Hate hotline and notes that the hotline deepens our understanding of hate activity in California.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t have to be the targeted person\u2014 you can also report as an advocate or a witness,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can we ensure that we\u2019re not only responding to hate, but preventing it? Hate is on the rise statewide, and comes in many forms,\u201d said Cynthia Choi, co-founder of hotline partner\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stopaapihate.org\/\">Stop AAPI Hate<\/a>\u00a0and co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action. \u201cTo only treat criminal incidents as serious is a disservice to our community that furthers a sense of distrust and hopelessness that nothing can be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe learned very quickly from those who called us that even the fact that somebody on the other end is believing, listening to and caring about what they share with us \u2014 that there is, who cares to listen \u2014 has a healing effect,\u201d Choi added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td-video-replacer\" data-id=\"undefined\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"YGZI2OEaOV0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"widget6\" title=\"Coordinating Care for Victims of Hate\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YGZI2OEaOV0?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"392\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>James Williams, Jr., Community-Based Organization Manager, CA Civil Rights Department, explains the Case Conference, a collaborative effort between the California Civil Rights Department, the California Versus Hate team and community-based organizations to coordinate care for those who have reported hate incidents and crimes to the CA vs Hate hotline.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even among criminal incidents, hate is skyrocketing.<\/p>\n<p>the latest available FBI<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/d9\/2024-01\/california_hate_crimes_incidents_2022.pdf\">\u00a0data<\/a>, from 2022, shows that reported hate crimes soared statewide for nearly every demographic group in California. There were a total of 2,120 reported crimes \u2014 a 20.2% jump from the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>1,300 of these reports were of suspected racial, ethnic or national origin bias, while half of these targeted Black Californians \u2014 27.1% more than the prior year.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Black students in about 6% of California public schools report experiencing hate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe highest-reported situations our units statewide get are school violence situations specifically targeted at Black students,\u201d said Connie Alexander-Boaitey, president of hotline partner\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/naacpsantabarbara.org\/\">NAACP Santa Barbara<\/a>. \u201cUnfortunately, most of this hate towards black students is being perpetrated by Latinx students \u2026 and we\u2019re struggling in the communication between these communities. How do you focus on school when you\u2019re being traumatized every day?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To address this school hate, NAACP Santa Barbara and the California Civil Rights Department kicked off an ongoing series of intercommunity dialogues between the Latino and Black communities on February 26.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td-video-replacer\" data-id=\"undefined\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"rvZG8x6W8d8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"widget8\" title=\"Black Students in California Face the Highest Rates of Bullying and Harassment\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rvZG8x6W8d8?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"392\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Connie Alexander-Boaitey, NAACP Santa Barbara, shares statistics on the hate and discrimination Black students in California face.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYou can report and report hate, but if we don\u2019t encourage communities to talk to each other, we can\u2019t get to the source and help our students thrive at school,\u201d said Alexander-Boaitey.<\/p>\n<p>LGBT+ hate crimes are also on the rise, with 391 motivated by sexual orientation bias in California in 2022 \u2014 29% more than the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, these are only reported crimes; the U.S. National Crime Victimization Survey estimates that at least 40% to 50% of all hate crimes are unreported to law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, LGBT+ people are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu\/press\/lgbt-hate-crimes-press-release\/\">nine times<\/a>\u00a0more likely to be victims of a hate crime than non-LGBT individuals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the CA vs Hate line kicked off, we\u2019ve definitely seen an increase in people seeking services against discrimination, especially legal housing and mental health support,\u201d said Ariel Bustamante, senior manager of capacity building at hotline partner\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lalgbtcenter.org\/\">LA LGBT Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom a small business owner being\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pride-flag-store-shooting-california-b2bd4f89e992356f35d2101cdf665acb\">gunned down<\/a>\u00a0for visible support of the community, to a terrified parent calling us about their elementary school child who was assaulted on campus by another student after being targeted for their sexual orientation, to a transgender woman struggling to remain housed due to a violent neighbor and negligent landlord, to even Senator Weiner being targeted, these incidents highlight the urgent need to not only respond to hate, but ensure it doesn\u2019t happen,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td-video-replacer\" data-id=\"undefined\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"RTWBxAJ3_yc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"widget10\" title=\"Restrictive Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws Stoke Hate Motivated Incidents and Crimes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RTWBxAJ3_yc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"392\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Ariel Bustamante, LA LGBT Center, shares statistics on the hate faced by the LGBTQ+ people and discusses the impact of politics on the community.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThese acts of hate are interconnected \u2014 when we see increases in one area, we often see increases across the board, and understandably, people sometimes feel reluctance or distrust in reporting it,\u201d said Becky Monroe, deputy director of strategic initiatives for the California Civil Rights Department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is why it\u2019s so important to encourage people to report or get help through their community organization if they don\u2019t feel safe coming directly to us,\u201d she added. \u201cWhen it comes to stopping hate, there should be no wrong door.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ethnicmediaservices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CA-State-Lib.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24013\" src=\"https:\/\/ethnicmediaservices.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CA-State-Lib.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.ca.gov\/services\/to-libraries\/ethnic-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California State Library<\/a>\u00a0in partnership with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cdss.ca.gov\/inforesources\/cdss-programs\/civil-rights\/care-funding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California Department of Social Services<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/capiaa.ca.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs<\/a>\u00a0as part of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/capiaa.ca.gov\/stop-the-hate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stop the Hate<\/a>\u00a0program. To report a hate incident or hate crime and get support, go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavshate.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CA vs Hate<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BySelen Ozturk Mar 19, 2024 One&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63497,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63496\/revisions\/63497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}