This video was uploaded to Facebook but I don't know the guy. I wanted to look at this in the context of what's acceptable and what's not by those I know of.
What's strange is I remember as a young kid a random guy at the Entrance, Australia (the very same place as this video) telling my mum "fucken Nip go home!" "Nip" was the term people in Australia used to use for anyone who looked Asian back in the 80s.
That terrified me as a kid and being half Asian. Because I lived in Australia, I had to wonder where's my home?
It's ironic that this is the exact same place over 30 years later. What's more ironic for me, that apart from race, its much more acceptable to marginalise others by other visible signs and signals.
We judge, value and sort others by our own personal, financial and social interests everyday and it's mostly for extremely superficial reasons. So rather than be self righteous in condemning someone like this as I saw on that tread from Facebook, why not be curious instead?
Why not wonder what he might be afraid of and ask ourselves what experiences might lead him to conclude what he does?
If we're prejudiced and bias in other ways everyday, and we just point the finger with justified anger at someone like this, then there's a lot of hypocrisy going on in us. What is this guy like outside of this context? Although I've experienced the impact of racism myself as a kid, I'd rather build bridges than hold on to resentment and judge.
When we treat people differently based on how wealthy they are, how many friends they have, their physical appearance, their age, the sound of their voice, where they live, what they wear, their education levels, their job etc. etc. etc. aren't we just like this guy who sorts people by what he believes is their race?
We judge others every other way but we're not racist... so what?
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