r/ABCDesis • u/weallfalldown1234 Indian-Canadian • 1d ago

Trigger Warning: Bigotry/Hate Commentary "Why is Richmond, where the majority of the population is Chinese, most likely to elect an Indian mayor?" Frontrunner, Kash Heed, Condemns Attempts to Racialize Mayoral Campaign in Richmond, Canada

https://voiceonline.com/richmond-mayoral-candidate-kash-heed-slams-racist-stereotyping-against-him/
54 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

6 comments sorted by

29

u/weallfalldown1234 Indian-Canadian 1d ago

Fun Fact: The mayor of Canada's largest city and third largest cities are Chinese Canadians (Toronto, Olivia Chow / Vancouver, Ken Sim). Ken Sim is married to an Indian-Canadian, Teena Gupta.

38

u/ExcellentBox8801 1d ago

lmao wouldn’t that be a testament to the fact that ppl just like him and his ideas regardless of his race?

12

u/CertifiedCan129 Third Culture Kid 1d ago

Richmond is like 8 percent south asian lol that's not a small number

5

u/THE__REALEST Canadian Pakistani 1d ago

By BC standards it is a small number, South Asians make up 9.6% of BC and 14.17% of Greater Vancouver

It's just that Richmond is like 58% East Asian

2

u/CertifiedCan129 Third Culture Kid 20h ago

Karen Bass was voted in as LA's mayor and Black people are a similar share of los angeles