Hello everyone,
I had an encounter with some black young men that I wanted to share. I found this forum by googling for "black on asian crime" and found the now closed discussion about murders of chinese deliverymen by blacks.
I am from NYC. Last evening, I went to a city-run recreational center to play badminton. My friend who usually joined me didn't play, and I left early at around 8 PM by myself while the rest of the members remained and played. This recreational center is located at the edge of a public housing project on the lower east side in Manhattan. To reach the street from the building, I have to traverse a narrow path through the projects.
Anyway, as I exitted, I spotted a group of about 15 young black dudes (late teens, early 20's) up ahead to the left. The path split into two up ahead, they are leaning on the railings on each side of the path in the left path, maybe 10 feet from the fork. I thought about turning right at the fork but decided against it because 1) I would have gotten quite close to them before I could turn right, they would have noticed me anyway, and I didn't know if doing this would piss them off because it would be obvious that I was avoiding them, and 2) the right path led to a pretty deserted side street and I would have to double back anyway because I was heading left.
So I walked past them calmly, I noticed a couple of them already staring at me as soon as they noticed me. Then one of them accidentally backed into me as he was talking because the path is narrow. The rest of them started oohing and aahing like I was challenging that guy. I immediately said sorry and kept walking. Then another guy in front of me started muttering something about violating me right there and calling some racist Chinese names. Some of the other ones started egging this guy on. I kept my head down like I didn't see or hear anything and walked right past that guy that tried to block my way. Luckily, they didn't follow me and I got away in one piece.
The potential severity of the situation didn't dawn on me until I got home. There was no one around. There was another building blocking view of the area from the street, so if they decided to do something more drastic to me, nobody would have known. I was badly outnumbered and unarmed, there wasn't much chance of getting away unscathed if they decided to act. I should have taken the detour... Next time I am going to wait until everyone leaves so we can leave as a group.
I grew up in black ghetto areas, and have been victimized by blacks numerous times, but tonight was the first time in a long time. Kind of brought back bad memories.
Anyone else have experiences to share?