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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.”
As quoted in "‘I’ve Been Called A Chink and a Gook’ – Arden Cho Opens Up About Racism" in Resonate (9 August 2017) https://www.weareresonate.com/2017/08/ive-called-chink-gook-arden-cho-opens-racism/
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