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Remarks in NJ Walmart

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

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

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

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 

They're everywhere

A black lady and her 10-ish year old daughter were saying that the city has been taken over by Asians and that they need to take it back. As I was walking passed by them, the lady said, "Just look at him [me]! There are so many of them! They are everywhere!" 

Spat on the Face

Incident occurred January 10: 

When I was walking home and a Caucasion male in a full winter outfit and a hat charged towards me and spat on my face multiple times. He called me a gook and he kept repeating, "I live here!"

Racial slurs while fixing a car

This incident occurred on January 23: 

On Monday, my father-in-law was fixing his car headlights in our condo community parking lot. He was approached by one of the neighbors who began yelling and cursing, accusing him of leaving trash on “his” lawn (mind you it is a community greenbelt). My wife’s father kindly advised that there was nothing littered, but the neighbor continued spewing racial slurs and yell, “go back to your country you f*cking dog!” Apparently, this fine gentleman even took his time to find my in-law's Facebook profile and has been sending him aggressive messages. It’s a sad to see that a simple argument (that, to my knowledge, was unwarranted) comes to this. He has harassed me at work via phone and email with similar racial slurs.

Shot for Pokemon Go

Incident occurred on January 26: 

A 60-year-old Chinese American, Jiangsheng Chen, was sitting inside his vehicle playing Pokemon Go, when he was shot 5-10 times by a security guard.

News coverage found here: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/fear-his-life-led-security-officer-shoot-60-year-old-n717481

Zipperhead

Incident occurred on January 30: 

There were people who called me a chink and threw rocks at me. Some white guy told me, "You don't belong here. Get lost zipperhead. The whites own this country, you f**got."

 

Almost Hit

Incident occurred in November 2016: 

I was crossing the street toward my law firm's office when suddenly a car drove up right beside me, almost hitting me. The man in the vehicle rolled down his window and shouted, "Go back to f**ing China!"

"How's that dog tasting?"

Incident occurred on January 20: 

While I was at the mall's food court, I saw a group of bros being generally rude, making sexual remarks about women and denigrating homosexuals. A Korean American sat a couple of tables away from them, and then the group of men started loudly talking about how they're going to "flood this chink's rice paddy." One of the guys goes over there and says, "Hey gook how's that dog tasting? Looks a little dry there!" He then proceeded to dump his Gatorade all over the guy's lunch and walks away laughing, telling the guy to go back to China.

I've never really seen anything like it, but I guess this is par for the course in Trump's America

 

Asian Americans Advancing Justice is a national affiliation of five leading organizations advocating for the civil and human rights of Asian Americans and other underserved communities to promote a fair and equitable society for all. The affiliation's members are: Advancing Justice - AAJC (Washington, D.C.), Advancing Justice - Los Angeles, Advancing Justice - Atlanta, Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus (San Francisco), and Advancing Justice - Chicago.