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Whistler family speaks out after being told to ‘Go back to China’
By Megan Lalonde
Local example amongst a troubling rise in anti-Asian incidents across the province
A local family is speaking out after finding itself on the receiving end of racist comments while out for a walk through Whistler Village. Kyoko Hamazaki’s sister-in-law, who is Japanese, was walking through the village with her newborn, along with three of Hamazaki’s nieces and nephews, aged five, seven and 11—all of whom were all wearing protective masks—when an older Caucasian man rode past the family on his bike and yelled something along the lines of, “Chinese, go back home,” Hamazaki said. …
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May 14, 2020
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