Father says middle school children taunt Chinese-American classmate ‘WHY DON’T YOU GO EAT A DOG?’
RICHMOND – Racist comments targeting his Chinese daughter left a father concerned about the response from Richmond Middle School officials.
The incident is the second in two weeks. The first, involving a black youth, led the teacher who made a racist comment to resign.
Marine veteran Bradley Baska said the latest incident involved his daughter, but his concern started five years earlier with his Chinese son. Both children are U.S. residents.
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“It started when we first moved to Richmond in 2016. Both my kids are half-Chinese; my son was born in China when I lived there,” Baska said.
After returning to the United States, Baska said he wanted to live in a small town and Richmond fit the need.
“I’m from the country and I like smaller schools,” he said.
The first school-related incident targeted Baska’s son during a wrestling event.
“One of the kids there held down my son and yelled in ...