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IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days agoSinophobia
I was born in PRC, when I arrived in the US, in school, kids commonly say “Ching Chong” to make fun of me 😕. Not too frequent, but frequent enough that I get annoyed. Chinese-American kids wouldn’t even stand up for me against racism. Like even Black Americans stand up for each other. There is just this lack of Asian-American solidarity. And this in blue cities btw. I’m not even sure if people saying “Ni Hao” is a genuine attempt at communicatiom or just mocking, because they say it without the 4 tones of Mandarin, and that sounds like the voice you use to mock people.
Probably less racism than what Black people had to face during Jim Crow, but nevertheless, common enough I don’t exacly feel welcome, especially not after “China Virus” remarks by the felon president.
Its also weird. Black kids would side with White kids to bully me, like bruh, did they forget that Black Americans had to face a lot of racism, why are they now turning it around and continuing the racism, why not just stop that. I thought through experience, they would learn to be more open minded.
Also if you go on Reddit, there is a widespread sentinment to call Covid “China Virus” or “Wuhan Virus”. Why the fuck. Just use Covid, or SARS-Cov-2.
Anyways, sorry for the rant.
mohammed_alibi@lemmy.world 3 days ago
There’s definitely very low Asian-American solidarity. The worst bullying I experienced was from a group of Korean American kids in middle school. They would say terrible things to me and call me the c***k word. That hurt the most and I can never forget that experience. Once I hit puberty and grew bigger (I’m pretty muscular) no one messed with me anymore.
There were some mean kids of other races, but most people regardless of race (include Asians) are nice. I’ve been in the US for almost 40 years now and as an adult I’ve never experienced any direct racism towards me and I live in a red state (but in a big city). There are some people that didn’t feel pleasant to be around with, but luckily as an adult I can choose who to be with and who to avoid.