Apparently, Asians are “stealing black culture.” Instagram user @Alewiaaaa walked into a newly opened boba tea shop in Aurora, Colorado, and started harassing the employees for stealing “black culture.” The boba tea shop is named “Trap Tea." However, in the African-American slang, the word “traphouse” refers to “a crack house in a ghetto neighborhood.” Because the Asian owners named the tea shop “Trap Tea” the African-American woman believes Asians are cultural thieves. Says the woman using a sm

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