American gymnast Suni Lee, an Olympic gold medal winner and the first Hmong American to compete in the Olympics, said she was pepper-sprayed in a racist incident while in Los Angeles for her stint on 'Dancing with the Stars.'
American gymnast Suni Lee, an Olympic gold medal winner and the first Hmong American to compete in the Olympics, said she was pepper-sprayed in a racist incident while in Los Angeles for her stint on"Dancing with the Stars."
Lee was waiting for a ride after a night out with a group of girlfriends who were all of Asian descent, she told PopSugar in an interview. She said a car drove by and the people in it started shouting racist slurs like"ching chong," and telling the girls to"go back to where they came from," according to the article. Then, one of the passengers sprayed her arm with pepper spray before the car took off, Lee said.Lee confirmed to CNN that the incident happened in October.
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