An editor for The New York Times wrote an open letter to a woman who told him to "go back to China." Asian-Americans responded by sharing their own racist moments using #thisis2016. Here are some of those moments.
Warning: This video includes racial slurs and vulgarities.
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Check out our articles from the 2016 era of anti-Asian racism to support this argument..!
Farina, A. S. J., Klumpner, S., Alvarez, A. R. G., Azhar, S., & Nguyen, C. M. (2023). Experiences of racist encounters among Asian Americans: Analysis of #thisis2016.
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Millions of PI Americans living in Samoa, Guam, etc do not have the right to vote. Still. Even though #ThisIs2016 #powerup
Watching law enforcement on ATVs chasing Native Americans on horseback was "incredible" says @lyndamapes #ThisIs2016 www.npr.org/2016/10/30/499985883/sta...
I swear the next person who yells #nihao at me in the street..!? #thisis2016
In college, a grad student told me:"Asian girls are easy." #racism #slutshaming #american #thisis2016: http://nyti.ms/2dZWFy6 via @nytvideo
