The New York Post reports:
An Oregon woman has raised nearly $1,500 to pay for illnesses she claims were brought on by being an Asian-American living in a predominantly white city.
“I grew up in and live in the [Portland] area. The stress of living as a Thai-Cambodian woman in such a white city replete with constant interpersonal and institutional racism has a big toll on my health and wellbeing,” according to the YouCaring posting by Rinna Rem.See a picture of the "victim".
The heading of her crowdfunding appeal is: “White Friends, Pay For My Therapy.”
Rem claims to be 29 and suffering from depression and the connective-tissue disorder Marfan syndrome.
From Sept. 10 through Tuesday, she had raised $1,495.
“I’m 29 and really tired,” she wrote. “I want to live a healthy, happy life. I want to have a healthy, happy family in the future too. Help me pay for therapy to deal with the stress of racism. Please don’t let racism shorten my life or kill me.”
If only she had the freedom to move away from the area she finds so oppressive.
12 comments:
$1495.00 is enough to get a plane ticket and fly back to Thailand or wherever she is from and stay there.
“I grew up in and live in the [Jackson] area. The stress of living as a Scotch-Irish woman in such a black city replete with constant interpersonal and institutional racism has a big toll on my health and wellbeing,” TFTFY Where should i ask the checks be sent? Silly to think it can work both ways, after all she's already gotten $1500 so I guess it wasn't a complete waste of her time. Indeed KF, if only she had the freedom to move away.
She needs to eat more rice, and get more rest.
Those people in Oregon are racist and backwards. Portland is one big racist city. They need a special section of the Civil Rights Act to apply to them only.
Plenty of vacant homes in Syria. Move there.
I've been to Portland. It's diverse. This person is ill.
She's more black than Asian.....blasian
3:12 It's Scott-Irish. Scotch is a drink. Remember, you are Scottish and should be proud. FREE SCOTLAND!
914. Ummm, your ignorance showed up while you were trying to show out. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch-Irish_American. Free da gut spielers! ! !
And it is Scots-Irish, not ScoTTs-Irish. Or either if one so chooses.
Thanks for playin' tho...just play next time not using the scotch quite so much.
Describing yourself in terms of your lineage - Commendable.
Correcting someone's spelling of their lineage but getting it wrong - Priceless.
11:13pm you need to eat more rice and gets some sleep as well....and a life!!!!
"I find it a little ironic that the product that I use to keep from ruining my sofa should I spill my drink on it is actually called...Scotch-guard."
Ron White, from 'Behavioral Problems'
Since Marfan's syndrome is genetically determined she is Out of Luck for that one...
but..
since she complains of depression won't some kind soul up there in the progressive and caring northwest please take a light cord and give this deserving woman a few ECT treatments?
Sounds like she needs them.
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