China News Service, June 18th. According to the Canadian "Sing Tao Daily" report, an Asian mother in Vancouver, Canada encountered racial discrimination when she was looking for child care services for her son who was about to enter the age of 3. She said that Chinese children are not accepted.
According to local media reports, the 8-year-old son of mother Wai-Ke Kim (transliteration) has used the local child care system and is currently looking for a safe nursery for his younger son.
In an interview, Jin Waike said that because there are not many nurseries in Wenzhou, children are often placed on the waiting list. She then searched for an advertisement website and found an advertisement that only read "LNR's daycare center." "As far as she knows, LNR means that no license is required.
According to the report, Jin Waike communicated with the other party by email. The nursery asked her some innocuous questions, including the child's age, start date, and childcare hours. After she answered, she replied to Convenience: "I'm sorry, We will not accept Chinese children."
Jin Waike estimated that in the e-mail communication of the nursery school, through her name or picture, she guessed that she was Asian.
She admits that it is very rare for people of ethnic minorities to have never faced the problem of racial discrimination. However, this is the first time that a similar problem has involved her child, and that she has never cried because of discrimination. She did not believe that there would be people who cared for the children and excluded them from the nursery.
At present, the nursery school advertisement has been deleted, and Jin Waike has also posted his experience on social media to strive for support.
The Minister of Child Care of British Columbia, Chen Weizhen, issued a statement saying that he would like to pay tribute to people who have been targeted by racism issues, and also thank Jin Waike for sharing her experience and understanding her feelings.
Chen Weizhen said that child care professionals need to set a better example to the children under care; while hate crimes against Asians are unacceptable and unsustainable, the provincial government is taking steps to reduce the similar race faced by Jin Wai Ke Incidents of discrimination, including setting up a hotline to allow the public to report incidents of racial discrimination.