After racist threats forced a Southeast Asian restaurant to close down, the owner reopened a new restaurant as an homage to his immigrant parents

• A Southeast Asian restaurant closed down last year after facing false accusations of serving dog meat.
• The accusations are grounded in the racist stereotype of Asians eating dogs.
• The restaurant reopened recently with support from the community.

David Rasavong first noticed strange reviews for his Fresno restaurant on a Monday night in May. He had just put his kids to bed when he saw several Google reviews mentioning dog meat. Rasavong didn't think too much of it; just reported them to Google before going to sleep.