"Go back to China"

I was walking back to work on my lunch hour and crossing a busy intersection when this incident occurred. I could see that the walk sign was illuminated and I and many other pedestrians made our way across the street along the crosswalk. Although the walk sign was lit, a middle aged, white man in his car was aggressively inching and trying to turn left through the pedestrians and the crosswalk. As his window was open, I said and motioned to him that this was the crosswalk, as if to say pedestrians have the right of way when crossing. He did not take kindly to this, and yelled that I should "Go back to China!" and drove off.

Verbal Assault in NOLA

A middle-aged white male saw me with my husband, who is black. My husband went to the restroom and I was standing on the sidewalk by myself. The white male took that opportunity to insult me. He said that "all you Asian women are Prostitutes," which is wrong; I was a teacher before I came to America.

Fourth Generation and Still Foreign

In Seattle, Washington: I was waiting alone on the sidewalk outside of a restaurant when a young woman yelled at me, "Jap lady, go home!" She was standing about half a block away on the sidewalk. I did not respond and she walked away. I am a fourth-generation Japanese-American woman.

Harassed While Eating

I was eating alone at an airport cafe late at night, while at another table, four young white men started harassing me, saying things like "Look up at us, you gook whore," and "watch her slurping noodles," "we want you to suck on us," "we know you hear us." I couldn't finish my food and I got up and threw away my noodle salad and walked away.

"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.