"I know Asians get freaky in bed."

I was waiting for my bus when an older white man came up to me. He first just slowly walked over and just stared at me, then stood right next to me. I felt creeped out, so I moved away from him. He followed, and this time, saying "I know Asians get freaky in bed."

I told him to f**k off, hoping that my bus would arrive soon. He started walking circles around me, continuing to say things like "Asians will do whatever they want, they're all prostitutes where they actually come from anyway", "I heard they actually want to get pregnant when white guys arrive".

The bus wasn't supposed to come for another 5 minutes, so I just started walking to the next stop, but he tried to grab me, so I ran. Luckily the bus came right at the moment and I could get on. 

"Go back to Ch**ky town"

When I was crossing the street in downtown LA, a black man came up to me and said "Ch*nky eyes, go back to Ch*nky town. Go back to your country where they eat dog and shit." 

I tried to ignore this man, but he followed me, saying the same demeaning words for a block or so. I got scared so I entered a cafe and stayed there for the next couple of minutes hoping he would leave me alone. The man waited for me, mumbling the same words over and over. 

I eventually came out and at this point, I had enough of it and said to him, "this is harassment." I tried to go on my way, but this man kept harassing me. I started raising my voice asking why he was doing this; I never said one word to him before this. 

The creative genius over there repeated the same words over and over, slowly backing away. At the time of the incident, many people were also at the scene. Many of them heard me telling to the man to stop following me. Many of them heard the harmful words of the man telling me to "go back to Ch*nky town." No one stepped in. So, I stepped up. 

Adopted Son

My son, who was adopted from China, was told to go back from where he came from. He was eleven at the time. 

Parking lot distress

I was waiting for a parking spot with my turn signal on. From the opposing direction, a male in a pickup truck drove by as we exited from our car. He yelled, "go back to f**king China" and drove off.

It's true. Asian Americans don't want to bring more attention and hatred towards our own presence. It's partly because of conservative teachings from generations past and rationale to adaptation in culture shock to not "make waves." But this doesn't make it any less acceptable. 

My incident didn't happen in the rise of a Trump presidency so it seems like hatred and racism has been alive and well.