What is the most poisonous creature in Australia? Not venomous snakes, not giant spiders, but Australian teenagers. This happened again in March after two teenager girls insulted an Asian cancer patient on a train from Frankston to city in Melbourne.
Last week, two Melbourne girls insulted an Asian-American man on a train from Northcote to Docklands in Melbourne. But this time, a former (ADF) member of the Australian Defence Force met with a rough road, a chivalrous guard!
The tram was passing by city, and the girls shouted "get back to your country" to an Asian-American man, "go and cook your cat."
Sean Fitzsimons, a former ADF member, happened to be in the car, and he photographed it on his cell phone. From his camera, two teenagers sat in a group of four seats and abused an Asian-American man.
As he entered the tram and tried to pass them, they said to him, "you're sitting your ass in my face."
"go back and cook your cat, as long as it's not my pet."
Mr Fitzsimons, who posted the video on news.com.au, said he was sick of what had happened to him. But when he picked up his phone and started filming the video, the two girls began to know that they were embarrassed.
"do you have to keep doing this on the tram?" He asked in the video.
"I just want to fry rice, brother," one of them answered.
"you racists like you are pigs. Oh, my God, where are you from?"
The video records a conversation between Fitzsimons and the two of them, two girls swearing up, blocking their faces with hoodie hats, and warning Fitzsimons that he doesn't know what he's doing.
"most of us are not like this," Fitzsimons told other Asian passengers around the video. "most of us don't do this, most of us hate our lives so much."
The video lasted about two minutes, but Fitzsimons said the racist remarks had been going on for a long time before he started filming.
"No one can treat anyone like this, but nothing," said the former ADF member. They are responsible for their actions! "Fitzsimons said." I used to work for the Australian Defense Forces, and I want to represent the whole country, and I'm disgusted that this is still happening. I want everyone who sees something like that to stand up and do what we have to do. If direct intervention is dangerous, record them, both video and audio. "
"We really need to make it clear that any racism or discrimination is unacceptable. You can see how they react when they're reprimanded, and they're quiet right away, and the power of social media is to let these people know that their behavior comes at a price. "
At the same time, he also wanted to tell the man under attack.
"to the man who was attacked on that train, I would like to apologize on behalf of Melbourne and Melbourne. You are very welcome to come. "
Melbourne is an inclusive, pluralistic city where racists like this are still the minority, and more people like Fitzsimons, brave, just, passionate, open. Let people of different races and cultures be gently accepted in this city.