[thrance]

Top comment wasn't questioning anything, they just wrote the names of the offenders, which both sound asian. The conclusion they want us to make is that any American with an asian-looking name should be immediately suspect and face increased scrutiny, on this sole basis. This is undeniably racist.

[decafninja]

That’s not my take. That the people involved are part of a particular race is less important than that they are likely originally from a country that is a geopolitical rival and potential enemy to the US.

Would you say the same if the people involved had names that sounded more Caucasian but from a similarly rival nation?

Disclaimer: I myself am an Asian American, naturalized citizen, with a distinctly Asian sounding name. I don’t think top commenter is racist.

[verall]

> Would you say the same if the people involved had names that sounded more Caucasian but from a similarly rival nation?

If the people had Russian names instead and top commenter said:

>US Nationals

><Russian names>

it's still racist, yes.

> I don’t think top commenter is racist.

I won't make any claims about the commenter. I'll criticize their implication that people with foreign sounding names are not "real Americans" though.