Asian man spat on, kicked repeatedly and told 'Go back to China' at McDonald’s in Maryland

[jboldeniv]

Man, I tell you this, Asians have been going through it ever since COVID-19 hit. I don't like when anybody gets discriminated against for who they are. However, I am going to say this, I remember, before COVID-19, Asians were racist as hell. They made my life into a living hell in Cali when I was young. Asians, both male and female, were racist. However, the women were racist out of control. They made my life terrible at college. They would blurt out insults about black men at school, they were racist everywhere I turned. Now, they are getting a taste of what it feels like to be black. People should treat others like they want to be treated, because you never know when racism could happen to you.

[KrisF]

It's shameful on their part that they thought it was appropriate to treat you like that. It's pretty disturbing.

Regarding the news story it doesn't surprise me how the article hasn't made this into a story that focuses on the race of the attacker, unlike the stories that were supposed to reflect our people attacking asians.

[jboldeniv]

It's shameful on their part that they thought it was appropriate to treat you like that. It's pretty disturbing.

Regarding the news story it doesn't surprise me how the article hasn't made this into a story that focuses on the race of the attacker, unlike the stories that were supposed to reflect our people attacking asians.

Yeah bruh. I went through alot of stuff out here in California. I was born in Virginia, which is the South, and I never experienced the kind of hate that I experienced out here in the, so-called, liberal Bay Area. It caused me a lot of problems as a young man. When I say everybody hated you, I mean it. Black men were treated very badly out here. Asians, were some of the most racist people that I ever encountered. It was so bad, that I wrote a book about everything that I went through being a young black man in the Bay Area. The book is on this site. COVID-19 really humbled Asians. Now, there's not a day that goes by that they aren't a recipient of a hate crime. Years ago, it was nothing like that. They were seen as "honorary whites". I don't like seeing bad things happen to good people, but I really don't feel bad about it either. The only thing that I can remember were the insults that I had to endure out here by them.

[KrisF]

It's a shame to hear you had to navigate all of that. Did a unified black community form in Cali to offset the effect of things like that? For instance, maybe there was a push to buy black and build strong social relationships across the community. Dealing with all of that nonsense on top of the police factor is some b.s.

It's interesting to hear that there was a point where Asians reached "honorary white" status in the US, as from across the pond I haven't had much exposure to how things are on the ground over there.

I briefly saw your book too, congrats on taking the plunge to become an author. It'd be interesting to know if there was a link between the experiences you went through and what inspired you to create a space for black people online.