San Antonio – Romelette Metz, a business owner in San Antonio, says she like many others were victims of hate incidents last year.
She was called names. “Hey China, go back to your country,” the Filipino native recalls hearing.
Metz said she’s not paranoid or sensitive about things, but she definitely felt the hateful looks and vibes by some people in the community.
“Everybody was so angry and they’re looking for somebody to blame and express the frustration, that anger. And I feel like we became the shock absorber at that time,” Metz said.
Metz said many in the Asian community just want to lay low and not get involved with things that are uncomfortable or embarrassing.
But that’s the problem, says Brian Levin, a professor at CSUSB and director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism.
“We know they’re happening in Texas and they’re vastly underreported,” he said.
Source: Hate incidents against Asians are happening in San Antonio, but victims are not reporting them, expert says
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