Many members of the Asian Pacific American community are speaking out via social media about instances of racial harassment they experienced after Donald Trump’s election win.
Some people are blaming Trump’s rhetoric during his campaign – which saw him speak about women and minorities in a vulgar fashion, and propose a ban on Muslims entering the United States – for post-election racism.
Went running earlier & a guy yelled “built the wall” at me from his car. Guessing he saw a brown woman at a distance & assumed I was Latina.
— Nancy Leong (@nancyleong) November 10, 2016
I have a scarf on. Passed by someone on the platform today and he says, “Your time’s up, girlie.”
— Mehreen Kasana (@mehreenkasana) November 9, 2016
My cousin (born + raised in America) walked past a Trump rally in NYC (where she lives!!!) and was told “go back to your country you chink”
— sannah (@sannahkim) November 9, 2016
“PURE America is finally going to come back”
This was said by a group of white male Trump supporters to an Asian in California pic.twitter.com/IgqjZUxSkT
— Nerdy Asians (@NerdyAsians) November 11, 2016
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