racism in LA, or Jenn's version of Crash

Scene 1:

While walking to a Persian restaurant in Westwood (the neighbourhood where UCLA is located, on the Westside of LA), we witnessed a car sideswipe a large white SUV. The SUV driver got out of her car, only to see the other driver (of indiscriminate Asian ethnicity) drive off. As he sped off, she yelled after him:

"Fucking Chinaman!"

Scene 2:

My prof's partner was walking their two babies during the fireworks. Their kids, Chloe and Mylo, are mixed, a blend of Chinese-Vietnamese-Dutch-Pennsylvania. Brandy and Henry are the biological parents (important for the story). A woman approaches her and asks Brandy:

"Where did you get those?"


It's times like these when you wish you had a very...large...brick.