According to the Daily Mail, a Filipino family was attacked by racist words from a woman on holiday in New Zealand who told them to go back to their hometown. It is understood that 18-year-old Krizia Egipto has lived in New Zealand for four years, and her family moved to Invercargill., South Island, New Zealand, 14 years ago.
Ms. Egipto said she and her family were buying coffee and lottery tickets in a shop when another Filipino man approached them and chatted with them as the family was about to leave the store. A woman sitting next to them called out to them, "Don't come here again. You're not welcome here. It's a white country. It's only open to white people."
"when we walked out of the store, the woman gave us a discriminatory look and insulted us, and I said to her, 'you're a racist,'" the young girl later revealed on her Facebook page, saying, "when we walked out of the store, the woman gave us a discriminatory look and insulted us." Her words made me very sad and hurt.
Ms. Egipto said the shopkeeper had asked the woman to leave because they could not tolerate the presence of such a person.
But then the family ran into the woman outside the store, and there was a fierce quarrel between the two sides. Ms. Egipto explained, "We've been out on a path, and my mother saw the woman again." She made a racist speech attack on us again.
Later, Ms. Egipto videotaped the woman, asking her why she thought we were unwelcome and saying, "We didn't do anything too much to you, we're just guests here."
In the video, the woman said, "the reason is simple, you have your own country, you don't belong here," Ms. Egipto responded: "We have a legal visa to stay here."
The 18-year-old then said online, "I never thought I was going to experience racial discrimination. To my relief, there were a lot of good people coming up to me and hugging me, and I was really grateful to those who came up and hugged me." I won't let people discriminate against us, especially when I'm with my family. We all have the right to stay in any country we want to go to because we have legal procedures to obtain visas. "
Ms. Egipto said she was supported by a live audience, one of whom came up to her, gave her a hug, and bought her an ice cream, and their attitude was so good that she thought they were very popular here. "so no matter which country you come from, please don't let others discriminate against you, stand up for yourself, don't be afraid, no matter which country you come from, whatever colour you are, racial discrimination is not acceptable."