Asian Man Abruptly Stops to Greet New Asian Neighbors

Louisiana – An Asian-American man abruptly stopped his vehicle on his way home to greet his neighbors.

Henry Lin was driving home after a long day at the office to his newer neighborhood in a Birmingham suburb when he noticed an Asian couple walking around his neighborhood.

Lin Family

“It was a huge relief to know that I’m not the only Asian family on the block!” said Mr. Lin. “I was really worried there for a while. Who would I give mooncakes to? Now, I have another family who knows that taking off shoes is appropriate when entering a home.”

Henry Lin has been living in the Birmingham suburb since moving here two years ago from Boston, after his wife’s position was relocated. She is also Asian.

The other Asian family, James and Nancy Chan, were quite enthusiastic about the greeting, but were a bit surprised by the setting.

“We were walking along the bike path of the neighborhood, when a man honked his horn and was yelling out the window ‘HEY! You there! You’re Asian, too!’”, Mr. Chan said with a smile. “Naturally, I went to shield my wife in case it was a hail of bullets or rotten food, but to our delight and surprise it was a nice Asian man waving.”

The two are hitting it off quite well. They have already scheduled dim sum at the only Chinese restaurant in the area. Yelp gave it 2 ½ stars, but the rating is biased claims Mr. Lin.

“I mean, come one, it’s way too crappy to get 2 ½ stars. The food there is worse than Jack-In-The-Box. It’s more like a ½ star,” said Mr Lin.

Chan Family

Still, the fuel tank on Mr. Lin’s desire to blend in has been raised a quarter of a tank now.

“Now I can finally push the questions like ‘what exactly is General Tso’s chicken’ off to someone else.”