Manuela Valle-Castro, the coordinator of the Saskatoon Anti-Racism Network, said the attack on an Asian-Canadian boy on Friday was driven by a mix of anti-Asian beliefs, anti-lockdown sentiment and white nationalism.
She said the entitlement is buoyed by a history of racial policies and narratives, which were especially prominent in the United States ahead of the election of Donald Trump as president in 2016.
“People who were already feeling disenfranchised and threatened in their livelihoods… have been fed this discourse, that the easy solution is to get rid of all immigrants and to attack people of colour.” “There’s a lot of negative information on the internet or in the news even, especially in the states,” Chen said.
“As Chinese-Canadians, we have been very concerned about this, but we never thought it would happen in Saskatoon.Racism against Asian community rises as coronavirus spreads Chen told Global News he came to Canada in 1991, with $500 in his pocket, to study at the University of Saskatchewan.Story continues below advertisementAfter posting the video on Facebook, which he said he did to raise awareness, he received “hundreds, if not thousands” of messages and offers to help.“There’s really nothing that we need other than their kindness,” he said.In a Facebook post on Saturday, the Saskatoon Police Service said it was aware of the incident.
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