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[quote=Anonymous]OP: I am sorry this happened to you. It must have been frightening and infuriating, especially since you were holding your son. I know as a parent I feel more vulnerable when I'm with my kids, and more shaken if anything weird happens.

I believe that what you ran into were three board young men who saw you as vulnerable (maybe in part because you are Asian, maybe you are smaller than them, you were also holding a baby) and they decided to be intimidating because they could. There probably are some negative stereotypes of Asian Americans in the AA community in DC, probably mostly born of ignorance and inexperience dealing with any Asians beyond the ones who run corner stores. Many of those Asians are suspicious of black people, for both real and imagined reasons, there is often a language and cultural barrier, and there you have a recipe for some largely baseless contempt on both sides.

I think what really happened is they just perceived that you were vulnerable and they decided to be intimidating because they could. Yes, black people do carry racist ideas about Asians here and everywhere and no there isn't usually any kind of really good reason. This is how racism works. [/quote]

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