LOS ANGELES – US Olympic snowboarding champion Chloe Kim has revealed she receives racist abuse on social media on a daily basis amid a surge of anti-Asian violence in the United States.
The 20-year-old 2018 Olympic halfpipe gold medallist, whose parents are from South Korea, told ESPN in an interview she fears for her safety after detailing how she is bombarded with racist abuse.
On Wednesday, Kim posted a screenshot of a racist message she had received on Instagram earlier that day.
“I get hundreds of these messages and it breaks my heart that people think this type of behavior is okay,” Kim explained in an accompanying post. “I feel really helpless and…
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