Coronavirus: Asian women in Canada are abused, punched and spat on. Is it racist maskaphobia?

According to Metro Vancouver Transit Police, the unidentified man boarded a downtown bus on April 15 – then immediately turned his attention to two Asian women, both wearing face masks.“Go back to your country; that’s where it all started,” he told the pair, according to a police request for public assistance issued on Tuesday. Police say the man then attacked a third woman who came to the pair’s defence, kicking her, wrestling her to the floor of the bus and ripping out a clump of hair.Three…

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