Racial discrimination and violence against immigrant groups are rapidly increasing even as they are demanding their civil rights.

Recently, two Korean organizations received hate mail and suffered racial slurs over the phone. Sun-gyu Yun, of the American Korean Service and Education Association (NAKASEC), said that on October 1 he received a card in the mail signed by a "Gary Steeleglove" in response to Yun's letter to the editor of Queens Chronicle.

According to Yun, it read: "Many American soldiers were killed in the Korean War. Today, when you sit at home eating your neighbor's dog you should be thankful to those dead American soldiers."

Tuhina De O'Connor, executive director of administration for the New York Asian Women's Center, received threatening phone calls. The organization was planning establishing a shelter in Brooklyn for abused Asian women. She said that many Brooklyn residents were opposed to the construction plan. She said that many of these phone calls made threats to her life. She said that even the project's supporters are being threatened. O'Connor said that “they also accuse me of trying to build a shelter in secret. I have been working for the public welfare of Asian women for more than 20 years ... but I have never experienced this before. It's very frustrating."

The callers expressed their displeasure at having non-English speaking people in the neighborhood. "We hate Asians for this reason," was a comment by one of the callers. Yun, at NAKASEC, said, "as much as we have made progress and are gaining strength in the struggle for immigrants' rights those who discriminate against immigrants, and feel threatened, cause much trouble. Our immigrant communities must remain strong in the face of such opposition. We must continue to raise our voices for justice."