Nothing Personal: An Anti-Asian Hate Crime

Abstract

This autoethnography reflects the author’s devastation and recovery after being victimized by a stranger amid a surge of racist and anti-Asian attacks during the pandemic. Triggers and images impact her mental health which highlights her need for professional trauma therapy. During healing, she discovers how leaching images and triggers can spark fear and anxiety. The author lives the irony of both a culture of campaigns against anti-Asian racism and a culture of violence targeting Asians. Overall, the autoethnography provides a deeper sense of the social and cultural issues involved in the post-traumatic effects of anti-Asian racist incidents.