Arden Cho Quotes

I've grown up with racism my entire life. I've been bullied, sent to the hospital, beat up, I've been called a Chink and a Gook. Every single racial slur an Asian person can be called, I've been called it.

Arden Cho

• Racism
• Asian
• Grown-Up

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• I've grown up with racism my entire life. I've been bullied, sent to the hospital, beat up, I've been called a Chink and a Gook. Every single racial slur an Asian person can be called, I've been called it.

  

  Arden Cho
  • Racism
  • Asian
  • Grown-Up