Anti-Asian hate ‘runs the gamut’, racist Yelp reviews show

There’s been a sharp increase in the number of hate-filled business reviews spotted by Yelp’s content moderators. — AP

WASHINGTON: As if running a restaurant during a pandemic wasn’t tough enough, Christopher Wong also had to contend with a racist troll.

“I will not have my dog eat in this place because they might cook him,” read the Yelp review of Wong’s eatery, the Curry Up Cafe in suburban Los Angeles. “The owner works for the Chinese government.”