A viral video on social media shows an act of racism inside a\nTransJakarta bus on corridor 10H. The incident occurred on Wednesday,\nFebruary 11, at 5:50 p.m., when a male passenger on the bus suddenly\ndirected racist remarks at a woman standing in front of him.<\/p>\n
Based on the account of the video uploader @ryll.poke<\/span>, the man initially started\nranting in a demeaning tone, telling the woman to \u201cgo to a hotel\u201d\nbecause he considered her to be of Chinese descent.<\/p>\n \u201cAt 5:50 p.m. on TransJakarta 10H, this crazy man was ranting and\ncalling her Chinese, telling her to go to a hotel. My girlfriend and I\nwere standing nearby. His racist remarks were audible and I confronted\nhim,\u201d the account owner wrote.<\/p>\n Upon hearing the racist remarks, the woman did not stay silent. She\nimmediately gave the man a stern warning.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy are you taking photos of people? I\u2019ll crack your head open,\u201d the\nmiddle-aged man said. \u201cOh, can you afford to pay for that?\u201d the woman\nreplied. \u201cPay, pay. You\u2019re crazy,\u201d the middle-aged man retorted.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a man in a white t-shirt sitting behind the man also tried\nto intervene. He felt the woman\u2019s response was justified since the\nmiddle-aged man had been making racist remarks first.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s enough, sir. You were the one name-calling first. You\nshouldn\u2019t be calling people \u2018Chinese\u2019 like that, sir. That\u2019s called\nracism, sir,\u201d the man in the white t-shirt said.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m Indonesian, you know. What\u2019s the problem?\u201d the woman\nreplied.<\/p>\n The middle-aged man fell silent and only showed his irritation\nthrough a glaring expression.<\/p>\n The viral post immediately received thousands of comments from\nnetizens. Many of them expressed appreciation for the man in the white\nt-shirt, as he was the only man on the bus who stood up for the woman\nagainst the racist remarks.<\/p>\n \u201cThe guy in the white t-shirt is the definition of act of service. He\nlooked like he didn\u2019t care and was busy playing games. But he was the\nonly one brave enough to defend her,\u201d one netizen commented.<\/p>\n \u201cRespect to the guy in the back. Everyone else just stayed silent \u2014\nunbelievable, with that many people and only one person spoke up,\u201d\nanother commented.<\/p>",
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