Vancouver Chinatown merchant writes message to graffiti taggers targeting his storefront
Global News
Vancouver City Coun. Pete Fry said Wong’s gesture is an appropriate response to the often racist graffiti in the neighbourhood.
A longtime merchant in Vancouver’s Chinatown is turning the tables on the taggers who’ve repeatedly targeted his storefront in recent years.
Tommy Wong has operated the Chung Shan Trading Company for some thirty years, selling ginseng and herbal products on Gore Avenue.
Wong works six days a week and arrives almost every morning to find the rolling shutter that protects his business defaced with spray paint.
Google Street View captured the words ‘Loser’ and ‘Useless’ scrawled across his storefront in May 2021 and Wong has seen various graffiti tags including racist phrases since.
“Did they think about the feeling from the other people?” said Wong.
Earlier this month, Wong decided to write back and covered his own storefront with the five-line response.
“It’s a message for someone who could find their own way better than [drawing] a picture everywhere,” Wong explained in an interview.
“They have the talent to find their own job but they didn’t do it.”
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