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CNN reporter Amara Walker endures three anti-Asian racist incidents within an hour in U.S. airport

Throughout the U.S. presidential campaign, Donald Trump has been deflecting criticism of his handling of COVID-19 by blaming China.

But the relentless linking of the pandemic to China has had negative consequences for Asian Americans, including CNN correspondent Amara Walker.


She recently described experiencing three anti-Asian racist incidents within an hour while travelling through Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.

"Right now, I have to admit, I'm shaking right now," Walker said.

n the first incident, an older man lowered his mask, greeted Walker with the Mandarin phrase ni hao, and then used a common insult.

"I was stunned," she said. "This has happened to me before."

She kept walking but then encountered him later. She told the man that what he said was racist.

According to Walker, he had a smug look on his face as he walked away.

Just five minutes later, she was approached by a young man not wearing a mask.

He invaded her personal space and asked if she spoke English.

Walker demanded to know why he was asking this question. Then she told him that she speaks Spanish, which is true.

Walker said that he then spoke incoherently, mocking an Asian language.

Her producer sought help from security staff at the airport.

A large police officer then approached the producer, "almost nose to nose", and said in an angry voice that what the young man did was not racist.

Walker said she felt intimidated and nervous, so she said "okay, okay, fine, it wasn't racist" and walked away.

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