Surrey woman disappointed after family asked for ID at townhouse complex pool
SURREY, B.C. — A Surrey woman says she wants to help educate the public about racism after a member of her townhouse complex’s staff requested her family show ID when they were using the pool.
Guerda Henry, who is black, said she believes the incident was an episode of racial profiling, adding it was not the first time she had experienced it at the complex.
She said she felt compelled to take a public stand because her family was there to witness it this time.
“My kids were involved, and this is a place that I bought so my kids could enjoy (it),” she said. “I felt harassed, I felt ambushed. It was not necessary.”