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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSpit On, Yelled At, Attacked: Chinese-Americans Fear For Their Safety
As bigots blame them for the coronavirus and President Trump labels it the Chinese virus, many Chinese-Americans say they are terrified of what could come next.Yuanyuan Zhu was walking to her gym in San Francisco on March 9, thinking the workout could be her last for a while, when she noticed that a man was shouting at her. He was yelling an expletive about China. Then a bus passed, she recalled, and he screamed after it, Run them over.
She tried to keep her distance, but when the light changed, she was stuck waiting with him at the crosswalk. She could feel him staring at her. And then, suddenly, she felt it: his saliva hitting her face and her favorite sweater.
In shock, Ms. Zhu, who is 26 and moved to the United States from China five years ago, hurried the rest of the way to the gym. She found a corner where no one could see her, and she cried quietly.
That person didnt look strange or angry or anything, you know? she said of her tormentor. He just looked like a normal person.
She tried to keep her distance, but when the light changed, she was stuck waiting with him at the crosswalk. She could feel him staring at her. And then, suddenly, she felt it: his saliva hitting her face and her favorite sweater.
In shock, Ms. Zhu, who is 26 and moved to the United States from China five years ago, hurried the rest of the way to the gym. She found a corner where no one could see her, and she cried quietly.
That person didnt look strange or angry or anything, you know? she said of her tormentor. He just looked like a normal person.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/us/coronavirus-asian-americans-attacks.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
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Spit On, Yelled At, Attacked: Chinese-Americans Fear For Their Safety (Original Post)
spanone
Mar 2020
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CurtEastPoint
(18,656 posts)1. Now just who would cause such ignorant, false blame? Hmmm? Pusbag anyone?
spanone
(135,861 posts)2. Lemme think......**warning**
EllieBC
(3,040 posts)3. It's happening in Canada too.
In the local group for my Vancouver suburb someone posted that they are an international student and theyve been harassed. Another who is a student and perm resident but has a car with US plates had nasty notes left on their car.
Response to EllieBC (Reply #3)
democratisphere This message was self-deleted by its author.
spanone
(135,861 posts)5. trump is as dangerous as the virus
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)6. It sad how many believe Trump.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)7. tRump hates everything and everyone including, I suspect, himself
FM123
(10,054 posts)8. Not just Chinese-Americans
this is now happening to many Asian-Americans regardless of family ancestry, these dangerous bigots assume they are Chinese and verbally attack them (or worse). Trump enjoys creating and stirring this kind of hate.