“I was walking in [the city where I live], and a White
old woman was poking me in the face saying, ‘You are disgusting,’
and she was trying to hit me. I ran away crying. … At the time,
I was with my boyfriend, but he also just came to the U.S., so
we ran away together thinking that if we cause trouble, we could be deported.”
–Immigrant woman of Korean origin in late 20s (translated from Korean)
“[A very close friend of mine] lived at [a] school dormitory, and when the
pandemic just happened … his room was directly pasted with the adhesive tape
saying things like ‘Chinese virus quarantine.’”
–Immigrant man of Chinese origin in early 30s (translated from Mandarin)
Neil G. Ruiz, Carolyne Im and Ziyao Tian. “4. Asian Americans
and Discrimination during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Pew Research Center,
Pew Research Center, 30 Nov. 2023, www.pewresearch.org/2023/11/30/
asian-americans-and-discrimination-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/.