( Observer Network News) Comprehensive Vancouver Canadian media such as the Sun (Vancouver Sun), CTV News and other Canadian media reported on August 30, local time, that an Asian owner of a sushi restaurant in northern Vancouver was recently racially profiled. When he stopped a white woman from deliberately letting her dog urinate in front of the store, the woman not only spat at him, but also yelled at him, "Go back to China."
reported that the boss immediately explained that he was Korean , and the white woman actually replied arrogantly: "It doesn't matter whether you are Korean, Japanese or Chinese, anyway, I hate Asians. Especially Koreans, because They eat dog meat.” The North Vancouver Royal Canadian Mounted Police have been involved in investigating the case.
According to the Vancouver Sun, the Asian owner Edward Hur has been running a sushi restaurant in Edgemont Village for 19 years. The racial discrimination incident occurred at about 19:30 last Friday night.
According to him, a white woman took her pet dog through the restaurant and deliberately let the dog urinate in front of the store door. This is not the first time Edward Hur has seen her do this. In order to prevent this behavior, he has already posted a sign at the door saying "Please do not let pet dogs urinate here", but it still does not help.
So this time Edward Hur walked out of the store and directly stopped the woman. But the other party seemed to be suddenly irritated, spitting at him, and yelling insults: "Go back, go back to your country! Go back to China." The boss of
explained that he was Korean, but the woman was No matter which country he was from, he continued to yell hysterically: "Go back to your country, this is my country!"
Edward Hur recalled that the other person turned to him and said: "It doesn't matter whether you are Korean, Japanese or Chinese, I hate Asians anyway. Especially Koreans because they eat dog meat."
Edward Hur Screenshot from Global National
While the two were arguing, the shop owner's wife handed Edward Hur a mobile phone and asked him to record the encounter. Seeing the drastic change in her condition, the white woman said, "Let's live a meaningful life" and "Dogs are beautiful creatures and wonderful companions", and then left with the dog.
Another woman named Tracy Lee Buziol witnessed what happened at the scene and told reporters that it was "terrible." She said she heard the woman scream and yell racial slurs.
"She spat at him. It was really disgusting. I was embarrassed and shocked." Buziol thought the woman was going too far. The owner clearly only asked her not to let the dog pee on the door buckle.
Edward Hur said in an interview that he was shocked by this incident. Although he had heard in the news that the new crown pandemic had led to a surge in racial hatred incidents against Asian groups, he did not expect that one day it would be his turn. His wife, in particular, would be so frightened that her heart would beat faster just thinking about it.
He also revealed that in fact, in the past three years, the woman had often let her dog urinate in front of the sushi restaurant. And after this experience, the couple thought that an incident they encountered last year might have been done by the same person:
Last summer, when Sushi was about to close, the owner’s wife was wiping a table outside the store. At this time, a woman suddenly came up to her and said, "Shh, go back to your country" and at the same time made an insulting move of spitting. Edward Hur was furious: "The situation is getting worse and worse, and she is getting more and more excessive."
He said that the family has lived in Canada for 24 years. One daughter is serving in the army and the other is in college. "We are all I love my life in Canada, but this situation is very sad.”
The experience of Edward Hur’s family received widespread attention after being reported by local media, and the local Asian community quickly expressed strong support and condolences. According to reports, people have been leaving notes, gifts and flowers at the door of the restaurant, and the store also received a large number of takeout order calls on Tuesday.
Edward Hur was very touched by this, and he told CTV News: "Some people sent flowers, some people sent cards, and some people even hugged us. It made us know that we were not alone, and we were very grateful."
The latest report stated that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in North Vancouver had intervened to investigate the case after receiving the report, and considered it a "possible hate crime."
A police spokesperson said that although racist language or loud insults of different races were used, It does not constitute a criminal offense per se, but the use of such insulting language in the context of an apparent attack can be investigated as a "hate crime." "Hate crimes and hate-motivated criminal activity have no place in our communities. Our officers are working to identify this suspect. ”
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