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A sticker with the swastika is plastered across a man’s face on a bus stop on Steveston Highway near No. 5 Road.
never had a problem before,” Singh said. “It’s probably been done by someone who was waiting on a bus and just got bored or something. I haven’t reported it to the police.” Singh said he was going to see the advertising agency about getting the ad cleaned up this week. Cpl. Sherrdean Turley, of Richmond RCMP, said police have no record of a complaint being made, but added that it was difficult for the police to follow through, not knowing what the intentions of the offender are. “In incidents like this, it’s not known what the motive is, which makes it impossible to say whether or not it’s a concern,” Turley said in an email. “For all we know, this could simply be poor judgement on the part of whoever placed the stickers. A lot of assumptions can be made.” White Pride is a slogan indicating pride in being white. However, the slogan has been adopted over the years by neoNazi and white supremacist organizations. White Pride advocates claim that there is a cultural double standard in which only certain ethnic groups are permitted to openly express pride in their heritage, and that white pride is not inherently racist, being roughly analogous to positions such as black pride or gay pride.
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Henry Beh and family are ready to celebrate the Chinese New Year. This year is the Year of the Rabbit. To find out what the year might bring, turn to page 27 for a look at the predictions for first six signs of the Chinese Horoscope in a special section of the News. The second part of the feature, which celebrates the New Year, comes out next Friday.
Stickers plastered on bus stop benches that depict the Nazi insignia are causing concern among Richmond residents. The stickers — which carry the name ‘White Pride’ above the infamous Nazi swastika — were spotted last week by Steve Jones and his wife on bus stops on Steveston Highway. On one bus stop bench near Ironwood, the offensive item was slapped onto an advert, over the eyes of what appears to be an Indo-Canadian businessman. Jones and his wife — who is Jewish — were disgusted by the stickers and can’t believe someone in Richmond would do such a thing. “We discovered it as we walked passed (the bus stop) last week,” Jones said. “My wife is Jewish and she was quite upset by this, it’s not the kind of thing you expect to see walking around in Richmond.” The couple was so angry that they went straight to the RCMP’s Richmond detachment in the city centre to report the discovery. But they said they were told that, unless someone was spotted placing the stickers on, there wasn’t much the police could do. “We called in at the police headquarters, but they said it wasn’t really something they could look into unless we saw someone in the act,” Jones said. “I don’t think it’s acceptable to see that anywhere, especially at a bus stop. I hope something can be done about it.” Billa Singh, who owns Richmondbased King Of Lights — and whose face was on one of the adverts — became aware of the vandalism after a call from a member of the public last week. However, Singh, who has 10 similar adverts posted around the city, doesn’t believe he’s deliberately being targeted because of his cultural background. “I guess it’s not great to see, but I’ve