Is this patriot enough Asian American veteran shows scars in powerful speech denouncing racism

Lee Wong, a 69yearold local official in Ohio and a veteran who served 20 years in the U. S. military, revealed his scars during a trustee meeting in West Chester during a powerful speech denouncing racism. Wong said he was mostly quiet about the discrimination he faced since immigrating to the U. S. from China as a teen for fear of repercussions, but felt compelled to share his story during a meeting last week in light of the recent uptick in Asian American hate crimes. There are some ignorant people that will come up to me and say that I don t look American or patriotic enough. Now that really gets my goat, he said. Wong then stood up and lifted his shirt to reveal a huge scar across his chest. Now, is this patriot enough he asked. People look at me strange, and dare to question my loyalty to this I read the U. S. are all the same. We are For more info, please go to