韩裔中学生遭种族谩骂及拳打后还手被控
上周二(4月21日)，多伦多北面约克区Keswick镇Keswick中学1名9年级韩裔学生与同校1名男生在校内发生争执，按该韩裔同学的说法，对方先出言辱骂，语言中带有种族歧视，骂他“F---ing Chinese”，双方发生肢体冲突之后，也是对方先出拳打伤其嘴部导致流血，他在忍无可忍之际自卫还击，在挥拳打向对方之时，将其鼻梁骨打断;据悉，该韩裔同学不仅是该校唯一的亚裔学生，而且其跆拳道已达“黑带”级别，目前他不仅被校方罚停课，还被警方指控伤人的罪名。
约克区警方表示，案中被控学生为韩裔，至于事件是否涉及种族欺凌，目前仍在调查。当事人则表示，他是为了自卫才伤人，如果他被检控伤人罪名，对方也应该被起诉。也有数百名该校学生周一在校外集会，他们身穿黑色上衣，表示支持韩裔学生，并对自卫的一方遭到起诉表示抗议。在社交网站Facebook上也有 600多人声援韩裔学生，并表达对校内欺凌以及种族歧视的关注。全加华人协进会(平权会)多伦多分会总干事孙嘉恩对种族歧视受害人自卫而被检控表示失望，并希望这名韩裔生的检控会被撤销。据悉，这名韩裔学生于2004年随父母来加，在校内成绩名列前茅。
该学生是该校学习成绩最好的。
校长想让该学生不能在约克区的任何一所学校就读。
当地白人想不让任何亚裔进入。
学生的父亲说，如果他放弃，以后就没有亚裔可以在当地感到安全。
A blow against racism
Student strikes back after being hit, taunted -- and finds himself charged with assault
By BRETT CLARKSON, SUN MEDIA
Last Updated: 28th April 2009, 3:37am
KESWICK -- Hundreds of students at the local high school here rallied yesterday to support a 15-year-old Asian boy who was the only one charged in a high-school fight in which the other boy allegedly started the scrap after racially taunting him.
The Grade 9 student at Keswick High School, who can’t be identified, is charged with assault causing bodily harm after breaking another student’s nose in a gym class last Tuesday. He is also serving a suspension and could face expulsion.
The other boy, who required hospitalization, was also suspended but wasn’t charged. Neither boy can be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
"I am confused and angry at the same time," said the Asian boy, who has a martial arts black belt and who maintains an average of 80s and 90s in his classes. He said that if he is facing a charge of assault, then the other boy "definitely" deserves to be charged as well.
The boy’s parents said the other student’s taunts were the first incident of racism experienced by the family since they moved to Canada from their native country in 2004.
York Regional Police couldn’t comment yesterday afternoon as the investigating officer wasn’t available.
According to the accused boy and several friends, the other student called the Asian boy a "f...ing Chinese" and after a shoving match broke out, punched the Asian boy in the mouth, causing him to bleed.
The Asian boy retaliated by punching the other boy and breaking his nose. He said he used his left hand in order to control his punch and aimed for his opponent’s jaw. But because the other boy turned his face, the punch landed on his nose.
"I kind of feel bad for breaking his nose but I didn’t start the fight," the boy said yesterday after school let out.
The boy, whose marks included 96% in science, 94% in French, and 90% in math, must now appear in a youth court on May 13.
At his school yesterday, hundreds of students skipped classes to rally against racism and to protest the criminal charge laid against the boy, who they said was acting in self-defence.
"My friend is Asian and they were calling him terrible racial comments, like, I don’t want to say them," said Timothy Barnett, 16, who organized the protest with a few other students including Kim Drimmel, 16. "Right now he is in the suspension room serving his suspension."
A suspension is reasonable but a criminal charge is not, Barnett said.
"Rules are rules and he did fight so I guess suspension is fair, but being charged, no, he was defending himself," he said.
Drimmel said the boy is unassuming and not prone to fights.
"He is a very quiet kid, but whoever he gets close to, you know his personality," he said.
"He’s a black belt so I know that’s probably a little intimidating, but he’s a nice kid. He’s Asian. He has a different background from everybody else -- some of the other kids just think it’s different."
The protest organizers also wanted to protest bullying, claiming the Asian boy had been the victim of bullying and racism all year. |
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