LAYTON Ben Pierce thought it must be a prank call.
The part-owner of the World Famous Yum Yum Food Truck had just received a call from a woman who said she was calling on behalf of Jordan Clarkson.
The Jordan Clarkson? The Sixth Man of the Year? The Utah Jazz guard that Pierce s son, Brevin, had been trying to get out to eat at the truck?
That Jordan Clarkson?
Yeah, right. My son says, This is a prank call don t play along with them, Pierce told KSL.com.
It was simply too hard to believe.
But, so, too, was what happened to the family-owned Filipino food truck last weekend. On Sunday morning, Pierce awoke to find the truck s facade spray-painted with anti-Asian slurs; it was a crushing blow.
The NBA Sixth Man of the Year helps the food truck get its new patriotic look.
World Famous Yum Yum Food Truck's new look after it was vandalized with anti-Asian comments. A Filipino-owned food truck in Utah, USA was vandalized with Asian hate comments last weekend. But with lots of support from
Several Utah communities are stepping up to support the family whose food truck was covered with racist vandalism earlier this week. Caption: KUTV: Jim Spiewak reports The Pierce family started their Filipino-inspired food truck business less than a year ago to help with school tuition. Now, the owners of the World Famous Yum Yum Food Truck say the Utah Jazz have offered for them sell food at home games next year, and other catering and business.