I didn't think it would happen in my own hometown.

I have lived in the Phoenix Metro area as the first generation born in the U.S. Both my parents are from Vietnam and as a young adult Asian male I have always loved being privileged to have the opportunity to live in this country and pursue my engineering degree.

About two weeks ago, I was walking from the grocery store with bags in my hands as I made my way to the light rail. Upon entering the light rail there were no issues, many of the individuals were quiet and kept to themselves, either reading a book, listening to music or dozing off.

After about two or three stops two bald, tall males boarded the bus wearing tank tops and one was wearing jeans while the other shorts. They were laughing and talking rather loudly. They looked around and talked quietly to each other. After the next stop they decided to walk past me as if attempting to relocate to another cart when at the last moment they grabbed both my bags from my side where I was sitting and slammed the bags upside down on the floor of the rail car. My eggs, milk and other products spilled all over the floor as all I could do was yell something along the lines of "What the hell.” They yelled, "Stupid F*cking Ch*nk! Go back to China!" and "Chuck's Feed and Sneed G**k!" as they laughed and quickly exited the cart through one of the double doors as they ran off.

I had to pick up all my groceries as the cart continued to move. While the first expletive is anti-Asian, I had to google search the second phrase they said and is apparently a phrase used by anti-Semites / white supremacists on online message boards. I am deeply saddened and shocked that this happened here in my hometown, where I thought that this kind of activities did not happen. I have previously shared the story with my relatives, but I choose to share my anti-Asian hate story until now. Hopefully my story brings more light to anti-Asian hate here in the U.S. and we can take action to end it today.