| | | Asian American woman harassed by self-identified Trump supporter thanks bystanders
“Americans said we don’t want you here,” the harasser said in a video. “That’s why we elected President Trump."
By Natasha Roy
A San Francisco resident who faced anti-Asian harassment while walking her dogs is speaking out, urging those who witness such xenophobia to step in to help.
Amanda Law, 36, a master's student at San Francisco State University, said she was near the Great Highway last month when a woman approached her to ask why she wasn't staying home. Law told NBC Asian America that she recorded the incident for protection.
In the video, the woman can be seen walking toward the camera, asking why Law “doesn’t go back to where she came from,” as passersby stepped in and told the woman not to harass her. The video shows the woman continuing to walk toward the camera.
“Americans said we don’t want you here,” the woman said later in the video. “That’s why we elected President Trump."
Law said at least five or six people intervened, and that she was grateful for it.
“I was like, ‘Thank God.’ Because I literally, at that point, I literally was cornered. I had nowhere to go,” she said.
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