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?
Being of Cuban descent, married to a Honduran women and living in a Republican state (though supposedly in a “blue” city), I’m always worried. I would always joke at my last job that if I didn’t show up and didn’t call the “you-know-whos” came for me.