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Remarks in Chinatown

February 28, 2017  /  Guest User

Incident occurred in November 2016: 

While walking through the streets of New York City, I was called "chink" and told to go back to China. The men shoved me out of the way, with no apologies, laughed, and belittled me for my skin, my nonexistent accent, and my culture. I was born and raised in Manhattan.

Man kicked off flight to Houston after racist comments

February 22, 2017  /  Guest User

Incident reported on February 22: 

A man was removed from a United Airlines flight bound for Houston after making multiple racist comments to a couple in front of him.

According to KHOU, passengers were boarding a flight in Chicago when an unidentified man asked a Pakistani-Indian couple, "That's not a bomb in your bag, is it?"

Full News Story: http://www.sfgate.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Man-kicked-off-flight-to-Houston-That-s-not-a-10950635.php

TA Assault at UT-Austin

February 20, 2017  /  Guest User

I am an international student and a TA at the University of Texas at Austin. While I was presenting during the class, one of my students said, "GO BACK TO CHINA. GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY." I feel that this is so rude. I am even not from China.

On the street where you live

February 20, 2017  /  Guest User

It was about 10:30 am in Forest Hills, New York. I was walking to the train and realized I forgot something at home. As I was reaching the corner, I passed a man who was walking to cross the street perpendicular to where I was headed. I walked in front of him, but passed by about 3-4 feet. He started yelling at me to learn my manners and say "Excuse me" or I should go back to Beijing. I didn't respond and he started yelling "You stupid chink, I'm telling you to go back to Beijing."

It was the first time in my adult life I had ever faced prejudice, but it is even more soul crushing when it happens on the street you live on. I kept my head down and walked past my house because I didn't want the guy to know where I lived.

"It's why we have Trump"

February 17, 2017  /  Guest User

My three friends and I were three minutes away from our airbnb (we had braved a storm to get there) when the host cancelled on me, pointing out that I was Asian and "wanting something for nothing", saying "it's why we have trump", that she will "not be ordered by foreigners" and that I was acting like I was at a "BOGO buffet" for verifying what we had previously discussed: that I could bring two guests (she had said yes before, just needed to pay 50 per person per night) and my two tiny two-pound puppies (the ad said dogs considered case-by-case).

She was very disrespectful and I cried. Fortunately, there was a news crew (KTLA 5) covering the storm next to us where we parked, and the anchor interviewed me about the airbnb incident. Airbnb issued me a full refund and agreed to reimburse us for different accommodation. I have screencaps of the conversation.

[A link to the incident: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Southern-California-Airbnb-cancellation-racial-dispute-418466753.html ] 

Bar Chatter

February 17, 2017  /  Guest User

 

While at a bar with husband and a friend, we had a conversation with a fellow bargoer. The conversation (littered with microaggressions) turned political, to which this person asked us our nationality. We all replied that we were American, although our friend said he was Chinese (probably referring to his ethnicity, not his nationality), so the guy stated that he assumed our friend's allegiance was to China, which made no sense, so we informed him otherwise. The conversation escalated, and essentially we were told several things: 1. "Welcome to America! Welcome to MY country!" (despite being in the city that I was born in, and all of us born in the US) 2. "Learn to assimilate!"

"F**king China B*tch"

February 13, 2017  /  Guest User

A middle-aged man followed me for two blocks, calling me a "f**king China B*tch." It was dark, and we were alone on the street. When I turned around to look at him, he spat at my feet. Eventually, I went into a grocery store to get away.

Racist Graffiti in Oakdale

February 13, 2017  /  Guest User

Incident reported February 13: 

The search is on for the person or people who spray-painted a racial slur on the home of a Hmong family in Oakdale.

On Sunday morning they discovered their garage door covered in large letters that spell out a derogatory term for Asians. Their minivan was vandalized too.

Full news story: http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/02/13/oakdale-racial-slur-on-garage/

Remarks in NJ Walmart

February 12, 2017  /  Guest User

I was walking behind an older (mid-60s) white couple who was walking quite slowly and taking up the whole aisle when they stopped and moved to the side. As I passed them, the woman said in a loud obnoxious voice, "she could at least have said thank you!"

I stopped and turned around (which caught them by surprise) and said, "I didn't ask you for anything!" The man then told me to "go back to Japan" to which I angrily shouted "I'm from here, you idiot!"

White Power in Koreatown

February 10, 2017  /  Guest User

Incident occurred on February 1: 

An 83-year-old Korean woman was assaulted in Koreatown on Wednesday afternoon in an attack that became the subject of a viral social media post. The assailant was reported to have yelled “white power” before fleeing. The victim suffered a one-inch cut to her left cheek as a result of the fall and had pain in her knee. A witness told officers that the suspect punched the elderly woman in the back of her head, causing her to fall to the ground. Two men chased the alleged assailant. The woman, who seemed “out of it,” repeatedly yelled “power is power” and the N-word.

News coverage found: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-koreatown-assault-elderly-20170202-story.html

Lucky Supermarket

February 10, 2017  /  Guest User

Incident occurred on January 23

I was shopping with my 70+ year old mother and my three year old son. We had just finished shopping at Lucky Supermarket and was about to get into our cars. Right then, an older man riding a bike passed by us and shouted at us, "Go back to China, go back to China."

Colorado Home Vandalized With Eggs

February 06, 2017  /  Guest User

Incident Reported on February 6: 

The vandalism of a Peyton home Sunday is now being investigated as a hate crime.

The FBI, which took over the case, is looking for the people responsible for smearing dog feces across a couple's garage, peppering the home with about 40 eggs, and posting about 50 hate messages and racial slurs. No suspects have yet been identified, FBI Detective Greg Young said Monday.

Full news report: http://gazette.com/vandalism-of-peyton-home-with-racial-slurs-feces-is-being-investigated-as-a-hate-crime/article/1596113 

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