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What Does Racism Feel Like? / À quoi ressemble le racisme?
Amid fear and panic of the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-Asian racism among Canadians wrote itself into our common history. Chinese Canadians, many of whom have deep, multi-generational roots in this country, experienced racism along with other Asian communities and Indigenous peoples, anyone seen as “Chinese”.
These are some of the many reported incidents of micro-aggressions, hate incidents and hate crimes told from the point of view of victims of racism in Canada. This list is representative of the Asian Canadian experience during the pandemic, and it is not a complete list of incidents. Many types of racially motivated aggression often go unreported, or they do not make it into the news.
Through the pandemic, Chinese and Asian Canadians began reporting hate incidents to CCNC-SJ’s community allies, including Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter’s “Fight Covid-19 Racism” website, and Vancouver-based Project 1907’s Racism Incident Reporting Centre. Other witness accounts can be found at Montreal-based Groupe d’entraide contre le racisme envers les asiatiques au Quebec (GECREAQ).
Want to report an incident? Please click here and fill out a quick questionnaire in English, French, or Chinese.
Au milieu de la peur et de la panique de la pandémie de la COVID-19, le racisme anti-asiatique parmi les Canadiens s’est inscrit dans notre histoire commune. Les Canadiens d’origine chinoise, dont beaucoup ont de profondes racines multigénérationnelles dans ce pays, ont été victimes de racisme avec d’autres communautés asiatiques et peuples autochtones, quiconque est considéré comme «chinois».
Ce sont quelques-uns des nombreux incidents signalés de micro-agressions, d’incidents haineux et de crimes haineux racontés du point de vue des victimes de racisme au Canada. Cette liste est représentative de l’expérience des Canadiens d’origine asiatique pendant la pandémie et ne constitue pas une liste complète des incidents. De nombreux types d’agressions à motivation raciste ne sont souvent pas signalés ou ne font pas la une des journaux.
Pendant la pandémie, les Canadiens chinois et asiatiques ont commencé à signaler les incidents de haine aux alliés communautaires du CCNC-SJ, y compris le site Web «Fight Covid-19 Racism» du Conseil national canadien chinois de Toronto (CCNCTO) et le centre de signalement (Projet 1907) des incidents de racisme à Vancouver. D’autres témoignages se trouvent au Groupe d’entraide contre le racisme envers les asiatiques au Québec (GECREAQ), à Montréal.
Vous souhaitez signaler un incident? Veuillez cliquer ici et remplir un questionnaire rapide en anglais, français ou en chinois.
Victim speaks out after being target of anti-Asian rant at Montreal grocery store
January 6, 2022
Ken Mak was waiting in line to buy some groceries at an IGA on Nun’s Island in Montreal on Monday when an unidentified woman, pulling her mask off her mouth when she spoke, demanded to know if he was Chinese. “I told her ‘yes’ and then she started questioning me and trying to get information
Anti-Chinese racism incidents on the rise in Newfoundland and Labrador – St. John’s, NL
August 31, 2020
Augmentation des incidents de racisme antichinois à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador – St. Dave Fong, whose family has been in Newfoundland since the 1890’s, and a visiting Chinese student have both experienced racist assaults amid the pandemic in St. John’s. “I think the pandemic just became [an] impetus for the racism here to be thriving and rise up,
Youths charged in attacks on 80-year-old grandmother – Pembroke, ON
August 20, 2020
Des jeunes accusés de voies de fait contre une grand-mère de 80 ans – Pembroke, ON “It’s shocking that a town that marches for Black Lives Matter still breeds hate toward people of colour. As one of the only Asian families in Pembroke –growing up we were looked down upon. I specifically remember an incident
Mom speaks out about racism against her 12-year-old son – Edmonton, AB
August 12, 2020
Une maman dénonce le racisme contre son fils de 12 ans – Edmonton, AB Edmonton mom and media consultant Serena Mah has an in-depth discussion with CBC Edmonton’s Radio Active with Adrienne Pan about her 12-year-old son’s experience at a local skate park in August, 2020. She relates how her family and broader community are
Teacher’s racist rant triggers strong response by Toronto activist – Toronto, ON
July 26, 2020
Les propos racistes d’un enseignant déclenche une forte réaction de la part d’une activiste torontoise – Toronto, ON Toronto activist Justine Abigail Yu, founder and editor at @livinghyphen magazine, gives a detailed account in a July 26, 2020, Instagram post of her experience being the target of one teacher’s racist rant, while she was reading