From LAist
When it rains, it pours racist comments about bad Asian drivers! With the Pineapple Express rainstorm moving through California this week, folks are taking to Twitter to blame bad driving on the wet roads on Asian folks. They’re repeating the age-old racist trope that Asians (especially women) are bad drivers.
A car drives through standing water on December 11, 2014 in San Francisco, California. The San Francisco Bay Area is being hit with a severe storm that is bringing high winds and heavy rain that have toppled trees and caused local flooding. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
LAist first noticed that Plastic Jesus—a local street artist who was responsible for erecting an eight-foot Oscars statue replica with a heroin needle in its arm in Hollywood earlier this year—posted a racist tweet about Asian drivers, we decided to see who else in California was doing the same.
And there were a lot of people—from the Bay Area all the way to San Diego—who had the same sentiments.
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