Since 2013, there has been an effort in the city of Richmond to enforce a bylaw banning “Chinese-only” commercial signs, requiring every one of them to include at least one of either of Canada’s official languages: English or French. There was even a petition amongst Richmond residents that accumulated 1,000 signatures supporting that idea (Chau, par. 2). This has sparked discontent from the Chinese residents and created tension between them and the non-Chinese residents. On one hand, the Chinese residents believe that implementing this bylaw is racist and that, as Canadians, are as entitled…