VIDEO: Montreal Grocery Store Woman Goes Viral After Blaming Asian People for Pandemic
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A man has shared a video of a woman who went on a racist rant at a grocery store in Montreal. Many Chinese people were blamed due to Covid’s origin. And celebrities too have to face this wrath of some people. One news came up recently when Ken Mak also faced the same. It happened in a store, IGA, where Ken was in a line for something. And a lady came to him and started questioning him about a lot of things related to covid. And when she started, she removed her mask before speaking.
It didn’t take much time to get her tone in a heated argument. She was saying about Chinese people and how the covid came from their region. Ken and his girlfriend came away from the woman as she was posing risk by removing her mask again and again. Police of Montreal were thereafter they received a call around 6 P.M.And they managed to get the lady away.
But the topic gained attraction about how Asian people are facing racism due to misinformation. Ken also came forward after the incident with his video. And it is visible how he is raising his voice against the racism he faced because people are misinformed about covid.
About The Woman In The Video
It was not an easy task to get her away. And many people from the store were also insisting on her to stop saying things that are not true. But the scene became worse when people were trying to stop her. A customer in the video can be seen taking the stand, but the lady shut him off by cursing him and saying about bringing her lawyer to protect her. She many times showed her finger to the camera when Ken was recording the video.
Store employees also came forward and asked her to stay away and leave. And at that time it all cooled down when she left the store. Benoit Charette, after seeing the video said about how he felt after seeing the video. He was referring to this video and scene as sad and shocking. And how he thinks these things are not allowed in Quebec. For now, the matter came to a pause as Ken is not going forward with a case or something. But he truly felt threatened by the incident.
Rise Of Voice Against Anti-Asian Hate
National Coalition of Canadians Against Anti-Asian Racism came forward after the incident. The spokesperson, or to be precise a board member came forward regarding the same, and his name is Winston Chan.
He spoke about how the Asians are going through such incidents from the start of the pandemic. And how people must not blame Asians for anything. He also said about speaking up if any such incident happens in front of anyone and recording it too. These crimes must be reported to the police, and evidence collected while recording should also be provided.
It may be anger and panic more than it is hate..
— Jack Patterson (@JacquotLeGrand) January 6, 2022
Totally against any kind of racism! The irony is that it is your own Party that promotes it with its double morality. Increasing anxiety and paranoia among Canadians themselves.
— Carlos Socorro 🇻🇪 🇨🇦 (@CjScro) January 6, 2022
