I was sitting on my bike at the intersection of M & 23, waiting for the light to change. A tall man dressed in a blue suit holding an expandable file-folder walked up to the curb on my right, stopping about two feet from me – “Looking good on that bike, that’s right, you sit back and get tan on that seat,” is what the upstanding middle-age man said to me. When I didn’t respond, he stooped closer to me and said, “Goddamn chinc” (I’m an adopted American-Korean) and then strolled across the street, staring at me the entire time. I didn’t say anything – I didn’t know what to say.

Submitted by CMB on 5/26/2010

Location: M & 23

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