The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has slapped the owners of a Chinese restaurant with a $10,000 fine after confirming that they discriminated against Emile Wickham and his friends, whom all are Black men, requiring them to pay upfront for their meal.
In a decision released last month, Adjudicator Esi Codjoe ruled Hong Shing Chinese Restaurant violated the civil rights of Emile Wickham after its server “presumed [him] to be a potential thief in waiting despite any evidence to that effect.”