‘Smile for This Ch*nk!’: Florida Man Hurls Racial Slurs at Asian Woman Who Asked Him to Wear a Mask

Yahoo News ^ | 3/23/2021 | Carl Samson

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A man went on an anti-Asian tirade after being asked to wear a mask while riding a bus in Florida earlier this month. The incident, which was partially caught on video, occurred on a Miami-Dade Transit bus on the evening of March 9.

Lai, who is Chinese American, asked the man and his companion, a white woman, to wear masks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.(snip) Lai told the Miami New Times. “My dad is 76, and I can’t afford to bring COVID home.”

However, the pair of commuters still refused to cover their faces. This forced Lai to turn to the driver for help. It was at that point when the man reportedly began his racist tirade. He allegedly referred to Lai with slurs such as “gook” and “chink.”

Lai decided to film the incident. The man became visibly upset, walked toward the driver and asked to be dropped off at the next stop. Lai then told the man, “Maybe you don’t need to be racist to me.” “I don’t give a f*ck what you saying, man. I got daughters older than you,” the man replied. “Mind yo’ goddamn business, Chinese lady. Ugly-a** chink. Mind yo’ goddamn business, man.”

The verbal altercation went on as the man continued to hurl slurs. At one point, Lai had to insist that she was born in the U.S. As the man prepared to drop off, he gave Lai the middle finger. “Smile for the camera. Smile for this chink,” he said. “F*ck your culture.”

Lai has since reported the incident to Miami-Dade Transit and to the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office. A prosecutor reportedly told her that the man cannot be prosecuted for a hate crime as “no crime” was committed in the first place.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

You are a psycho.

[jonrick46]

"You are a psycho.

You're kidding, right?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Go stalk somebody else, psycho.

[jonrick46]

When I asked you, "if masks aren’t the answer, what do we do to protect ourselves from the virus?" all I got was insulting answers. You never answered my question. Now you are calling me "psycho." Stalking is not the word for it. It's trying to nail you down with an honest answer. Is that too hard for you?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I called you a psycho because you are a psycho.

You’re the kind of psycho that will happily herd disobedient people who don’t obey your psychotic will into death camps.