{"id":13255,"date":"2012-06-03T05:06:44","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T05:06:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-06-03T05:06:44","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T05:06:44","slug":"Asian-Americans-targeted-the-most-by-bullies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=13255","title":{"rendered":"Asian Americans targeted the most by bullies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In a 2011 Justice and Education Department survey, 54 percent of Asian-American teens reported being bullied in the classroom, compared with 38 percent of African-Americans, 34 percent for Hispanics and 31 percent of white students.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It goes beyond name calling. In 2009, two dozen Asian students were attacked in a Philadelphia High School. They were hospitalized with broken noses and black eyes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bullying can continue after high school.<\/strong> Last year, 19-year-old US Army Private Danny Chen killed himself while serving in Afghanistan. The Army confirms he was subject of racial taunts and physical attacks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The highest suicide rate in the US military is Asians!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/local\/Race-In-DFW-Targeting-Asian-American-Students-156608985.html\">Source NBC<\/a><br \/>\n<embed width=\"500\" height=\"324\" src=\"http:\/\/media.nbcdfw.com\/assets\/pdk449\/pdk\/swf\/flvPlayer.swf?pid=_2wXnnVV9nmZ\" flashvars=\"v=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcdfw.com%2Fi%2Fembed_new%2F%3Fcid%3D156884365%26path=%2F%2Fnews%2Flocal\"allowFullScreen=\"true\" AllowScriptAccess=\"always\" \/> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:small\">View more videos at: <a href=\"http:\/\/nbcdfw.com\/?__source=embedCode\">http:\/\/nbcdfw.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a 2011 Justice and Education Department survey, 54 percent of Asian-American teens reported being bullied in the classroom, 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