Asian community in Orange County learning how to protect themselves in event of an attack Kien Nguyen said she has already experienced racism in Orange County and is scared. During her routine walk around a park in Fountain Valley last April, Nguyen heard cruel words as she walked past a couple. “‘Stay away from her. She (has) COVID,'” Nguyen heard as she realized she was the only other person around. “And I’m scared. They said, ‘Go home,’ and that hurt me,” Nguyen said. Nguyen did go home and said nothing. She said it’s common in her culture to avoid trouble.