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A racist woman who tried to block a Japanese American family's Fourth of July hike in California was forced to resign by her employer.
For the first time they are speaking to the media and the company that employed the woman identified as Beth Taska has resigned from her position as Chief People Officer at Topa Equities, according to ABC7 News.
“The lady aggressively stepped in front of our daughter and blocked her path,” they wrote on You Tube. “She began telling our daughter that we were breaking the law. My wife, who was behind our daughter asked what was going on, and the lady told us to turn around and go back to where we came from…more strangeness then ensues.”
“You can’t have your dog here. You have to turn around and go back. You guys can’t be in this country,” the woman says on video.
“Excuse me,” they responded.
“You can’t break the law,” the woman insisted.
“Look at your heritage,” they responded. “Go back where you came from,” the mom calmly said as the family continued walking. A man heard in the video with his family, and who asked only to be identified as Hiroshi, told ABC7 News “”I’ve been called since I was a kid, a number of things. A ch*nk, a g*ok, told to go back to Vietnam. My family is from Japan.”
He said he was born in the U.S.
His hope is to teach his 11-year-old daughter about discrimination she may face in her future.
Taska told ABC7 News in a text that she “deeply respects the right of all people and regrets her conversation did not illustrate this and wants to work toward unity.”
She also said what the family repeated what she said was not accurate.
Taska's former employer also issued a statement.
“Following an internal review of the recent incident in Marin County, we have accepted the resignation of the employee involved, effective immediately. The conduct exhibited in the video was extremely disturbing. Topa Equities does not condone racism or discrimination of any kind in any form.”
His hope is to teach his 11-year-old daughter about discrimination she may face in her future.
The family posted their July 4th weekend encounter on YouTube.
Taska told ABC7 News in a text that she “deeply respects the right of all people and regrets her conversation did not illustrate this and wants to work toward unity.”
She also said what the family repeated what she said was not accurate.
Taska's former employer also issued a statement.
“Following an internal review of the recent incident in Marin County, we have accepted the resignation of the employee involved, effective immediately. The conduct exhibited in the video was extremely disturbing. Topa Equities does not condone racism or discrimination of any kind in any form.”
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