Headline: Capital Times, 12/2/2024
On the crisp afternoon of Oct. 22, Shanglin Yang walked down State Street, a route he had taken countless times since beginning his computer science studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
But this time, he said, two men approached him, making loud monkey noises and filming his reaction on their phones. Their laughter echoed as they got close to Yang, he said. As an Asian international student originally from Shenzhen — a tech hub often called “China’s Silicon Valley” — Yang said he felt exposed, targeted and humiliated.
A UW-Madison student who witnessed the incident and asked not to be identified by her full name — fearing repercussions — acted quickly, taking photos of the harassers.
“They were mocking him, and it was clear their behavior wasn’t meant as a joke,” the student, Megan, said. “I just reacted quickly to document what I saw.”
Institutional silence and delayed responses
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