If people knew how New York City and how New Yorkers are
They'd realize that NONE OF THOSE PEOPLE would have clapped seeing a random Japanese girl eating a hamburger
From shake shack
Actually, everyone there would be wearing headphones or just not give a shit that she was even there.
Now, if she was like, break dancing, or at that park specifically, had a funny doggo who won't go home despite their owner's best wishes.
No, especially since, ugh, cuz they're in manhattan, like watch a Filthy Frank in New York video and you'll see to what lengths new yorkers try REALLY HARD to ignore stuff
And when it comes to Asian people in NEW YORK CITY, pre-covid, no one cared except for the selfie-stick wielding tourists who come in to take pics every 3 blocks.
Like the people of new York can be nice to you, just don't get in their way and you'll be fine. Oh and watch both sides of the street. People like to walk on a red light so when new tourists come in, they think they can just walk with the crowd like it's a green light. No, that's people like me, who're gunning it across the street. Had some co-interns at this place from Buffalo, NY, who didn't know how fickle new York drivers were... Luckily had another co-intern to pull her away from probable death.
The US, like EVERY OTHER COUNTRY is different.
Being a non-white guy like me is normal in a VERY urban place like New York City.
I haven't been in the subways or the New Jersey light rails in a while to know how people are towards asians, but based on this Komi-san chapter? I mean, there's no logical explanation... Just that, I guess everyone thought this one specific japanese high school girl was an endangered species or something, I don't know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯