by Emma Davey 
Across the nation, the Asian American community has been enduring a plague of racist attacks, which have escalated since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. Sadly, the North Brooklyn community is not immune to this hateful violence.Â
A Greenpoint resident, who asked to remain anonymous, reports an incident that took place with another customer at Sunshine Laundromat & Pinballin early March. Though she has had good experiences with the owner, Peter Rose,…
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I’m half English, half Chinese and very rarely had to deal with racism as some people can tell I’m mixed, some people can’t – this was mostly in England where I am originally from, however now a greenpoint resident since early 2020.
Today waking to my hairdressers I experience racism – some douche in a car driving by shouted some words.
I have to say in the last few weeks I have felt a different energy in the air.
It’s very sad