Editor:
Last Wednesday our son and his friend loaded a truck with kitchen cupboards to deliver to us in Roberts Creek. When they arrived at the Horseshoe Bay-Langdale tollbooth, the BC Ferries employee asked our son if he was carrying any dangerous goods. He answered, “No.”
The BC Ferries employee then asked, “Cocaine?”
He answered, “No.”
Our son and his friend were deeply offended. As they drove away from the toll booth, their question to each other was: “Do you think she asked the driver of the car in front of us and the car behind us if they were carrying cocaine?”
When they relayed this story to us we were also offended. What we saw was two well-groomed men in their early thirties who were doing us a huge favour. They were dressed in clean white T-shirts, black jeans, and baseball caps. Our son was driving his five-year old, well-maintained truck and the load was organized and safely fastened.
Oh, yes, one more thing. Our son and his friend are black.
Have any of you experienced discrimination by BC Ferries employees? If you have, please let me know at [email protected].
Jan Brinton, Roberts Creek
