As a Chinese American, I kinda have this self-imposed rule to never enter the boundaries of a red state, and even within Blue/Purple states, to avoid ending up in some rural town. Bascially, half of my country is inaccessible to me due to my perceived fear of potentially being a victim of racism.
Am I being paranoid?
As a south asian american large cities in red states are usually fine for racial discrimination. There are suburbs in places like Dallas where every other person is asian.
I have been on roadtrips through rural areas, including ones with Chinese American friends, and have felt unsafe at many gas stations though. We try to get gas and get going as quick as possible at the more sketch locations. We only go inside for bathrooms at large well lit gas stations with plenty of cameras.