"You! Get out of the United States, you ugly ..."

And Other Things to Know From Angry Asian America.



Woman Unleashes Racist Rant at Vietnamese Restaurant Owner
In Houston, a woman was caught on camera going off on a racist rant at an Asian business owner in a supermarket parking lot. In the video, the woman can been pushing a shopping cart and yelling, "Get out of our country!" in addition to other profanities. "Get out of the United States, you ugly [expletive]."

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What Bigotry Looks Like During Social Distancing
As reports of harassment and assault against Asian Americans increase amid the COVID-19 pandemic, community advocates are finding new ways to tackle the spread of xenophobia -- like the SF Peace Collective, a grassroots organization made up of "ragtag" strangers who have taken to patrolling San Francisco's Chinatown.

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The Half of It
Watch the new trailer for the Netflix coming of age comedy The Half of It, the long awaited second feature from writer/director Alice Wu. Leah Lewis stars as Ellie Chu, an introverted overachiever in a small, conservative town who makes money writing English papers for her classmates. When jock Paul turns to her to help him compose love letters to popular girl Aster, Ellie and Paul strike up an unlikely friendship -- but only Ellie knows that they've both fallen for the same girl. The Half of It premieres May 1 on Netflix.

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Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - Phenom
How do you make a music video when you're stuck in quarantine? Thao & The Get Down Stay Down do the best they can with what they've got -- and it's pretty damn great. Check the music video for "Phenom" from Thao's upcoming new album Temple.

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Jeanine Tesori and David Henry Hwang's Soft Power to Release Cast Album
David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori's musical Soft Power, which made its Off-Broadway debut at The Public Theater this past fall, will release a cast recording for digital streaming and download on April 17. Until then, watch as the company records the track "Democracy (Reprise)" in the video above, featuring the cast led by Conrad Ricamora, Francis Jue, and Alyse Alan Louis.

Man sentenced to life in prison for killing Indian engineer

Adam Purinton pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the shooting of Srinivas Kuchibhotla.



In Kansas, the racist sack of shit who opened fire last year in a suburban Kansas City bar, killing an Indian engineer, was sentenced Friday to life in prison. 52-year-old Adam Purinton pleaded guilty to the charge of premeditated first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Srinivas Kuchibhotla.

Life in prison for murder of Indian engineer at bar; feds' hate crime case pending

Witnesses said Purinton, who is white, yelled racial slurs at Kuchibhotla and his friend, Alok Madasani, who were enjoying an after-work drink at Austin's Bar and Grill in Olathe. He was asked to leave but eventually returned and yelled "Get out of my country!" before firing at the men, killing Kuchibhotla and wounding Madasani. A third man, Ian Grillot, was wounded when he tried to intervene.

Purinton was apprehended several hours later at an Applebee's restaurant in Missouri, where a bartender called 911 after he reportedly admitted that he'd shot and killed "two Iranian people in Olathe."

Shooting suspect pleads not guilty in hate crime killing

Adam Puninton yelled "get out of my country" before fatally shooting Srinivas Kuchibhotla.



The racist sack of shit defendant in the hate crime killing of an Indian engineer at a suburban Kansas City bar was arraigned Thursday after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing, pleading not guilty.

Not guilty plea in alleged hate crime killing of Indian man at Olathe bar

Adam Purinton is charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting that killed 32-year-old Srinivas Kuchibhotla in February. He also faces two counts of attempted first-degree murder for wounding two other men.