The Olympian revealed that she was recently the target of an anti-Asian hate crime.
Suni Lee revealed she was the target of an anti-Asian racist attack.
In an interview withPopsugar, theOlympic gold medalistopened upabout the incident and how it caught her by surprise.
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The car then sped away.
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Lee, 18, was left fuming.
“I was so mad,” she toldPopsugar.
“But there was nothing I could do or control because they skirted off.
I just let it happen.”
Tragically, Lee is far from alone in being targeted because of her race.
FBI data shows that throughout 2020, anti-Asian attacks rose by a whopping 73 percent, reportsNBC News.
If you or someone you love has been the target of a hate crime, you aren’t alone.
