Vietnamese American student in Boston faces online harassment after alleged racist encounter

The encounter left Nguyen explaining the alleged racist language to her Vietnamese immigrant mother after they returned home.

Photo via Carly Nguyen

Carly Nguyen, a Vietnamese American senior at the University of Massachusetts Boston, says she has faced online harassment since accusing teenagers she believes attend Boston College High School of shouting racial slurs at her and her mother on Sept. 17.

While BC High has not publicly confirmed that the teenagers shown in Nguyen’s …