My Korean partner got pulled over on the highway in Texas for being the wrong color, twice in an hour on bullshit reasons. She was not allowed to remain in her vehicle while the cops looked her up. This was before Trump emboldened racists.
Last time that clown was in office there was a spike in hate crimes against Asians, the "China flu" rhetoric may have been part of the cause.
You're not paranoid.
Knives from the old Trigun. Horrible and capable. The colony ships, July, Rem's relatives, the flying city, and the goals and actions of the Gung-Ho Guns, especially Legato.