Race is one of the five protected grounds in the refugee definition. Serious harm or threatened harm connected to race may therefore be relevant to asylum when all legal requirements are met.
Preserve evidence of the connection
Record words, slurs, symbols, policies, patterns of targeting, or other facts showing why you believe race motivated the persecutor. Include dates, places, witnesses, injuries, and the identity of the actor when known.
Supporting evidence can include testimony, witness declarations, photographs, messages, medical records, police records, laws, credible human-rights reports, and evidence about treatment of similarly situated people.
General discrimination and persecution are not automatically the same
Discrimination can be important evidence, but whether treatment reaches the legal level of persecution is a separate question. Repeated incidents may need to be evaluated cumulatively.
Official sources
This page is a preparation guide and does not decide whether particular treatment legally constitutes persecution.