"Spoiled Chinese kids"
On my subway ride home about 3 months ago, I got verbal abuse from a person who continued to throw obscenities at me and my friends. It seemed like he did that to everyone who looked Asian and called all of us "spoiled Chinese kids." He blamed our existence as immigrants for disrupting the country's economy, causing the housing crisis, and the pandemic. My friends and I could not do anything but keep silent and avoid eye contact in fear of being physically attacked by this man. Everyone else on the train just looked and took videos so that they could post them on social media. I would not blame them for not stepping up because if I were in their shoes, I would probably be too afraid to do anything, too. Fortunately, I was able to get home safe but it has caused a lot of trauma for me ever since then. No one can choose their race and ethnicity from birth.