Angry California resident insists his sign is not racist
An angry neighbor has insisted he is not a racist after erecting a sign that reads 'Chinese, keep your dogs off my grass' despite it being aimed at a Filipino family.
The message, which is on a placard in a garden in El Monte, California, has caused uproar in the local community.
Sisters Alexis and Rose Anne Yu walk their dogs Cascay and Daisy up and down their street every night, but spotted the sign in the yard of one of their neighbors who is said to have had enough of pet owners not picking up after their dogs.
A sign, like the one pictured, appeared in the front yard of a neighbor in El Monte, California
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Alexis told ABC: 'When I looked at it closely I was like, "Oh, no", so I took out my phone, took a picture of it right away and actually emailed it to the El Monte police department to let them know what was going on.
'I don't understand. Why would you write something like that?
'And to direct it to a race for that matter.'
Also on the sign, in smaller writing, is the message 'respect your neighbors'.
It was drawn by William Alarcon, who described himself as Native American, and told Eye Witness News: 'I'm not being racist or anything, I'm being specific.
'The Hispanic woman was doing it and I spoke to her and she stopped doing it.
'I spoke to one guy over there and he wasn't upset.
'He said, "OK, they do the same to me".
'He's Asian and they do the same to him.'
Police are investigating the issue.