LA Writer Told to ‘Go Back to China’ While Walking in a Chinese Garden
An Asian woman asked a mask-less visitor to put a mask on and was met with racially-motivated hostility. On Feb. 6, Esther Tseng was taking a stroll in the Huntington Botanical Gardens when she noticed a woman without a mask on. When Tseng told the woman to wear her mask, she allegedly told Tseng to go back to China in an Eastern European accent. According to Huntington's website, "cloth masks or face coverings must be worn over the nose and mouth at all times, by all visitors." Writing on Twitter, Tseng expressed her frustration with the situation while also revealing that an Asian American man had allegedly told her to calm down.
the irony of getting told to "go back to china" while in the chinese garden after telling someone to put their mask on is just so amazing. @TheHuntington
— esther tseng (@estarLA) February 7, 2021
also s/o to the pacifist asian am dude telling me to calm down, who made you andrew yang?
— esther tseng (@estarLA) February 7, 2021
The Huntington apologized to Tseng on Twitter, promising that it would tell its staff to "be even more vigilant."
(2/2) Thank you for sharing this incident. It tells us our staff needs to be even more vigilant in protecting our visitors, particularly in more popular garden areas.
— The Huntington (@TheHuntington) February 7, 2021
Featured Image via Esther Tseng
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