I first encountered it as a child (of course), when I was playing at a playground. I think I was about 5 or 6 at the time. Two older kids came up and took one of my toys away, and when I stood up to protest, I immediately got pushed back down and told ‘What are you gonna do about it, Chinky?’ And every so often, I’d get challenged to a fight because I HAD to know ‘kuh-ra-tee’. I was, of course, ashamed of being ‘different,’ but as I grew up, I grew out of that line of thinking — courtesy of the friends I made who were curious about my heritage, rather than afraid of it. And I eventually DID learn martial arts anyway 🙂
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