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Gordon Huang was verbally abused, kicked and spat on by a woman on the Christchurch Orbiter bus when the driver stopped to rest.
A man who was verbally abused, kicked and spat on by a passenger on a bus in Christchurch filed a complaint with the police.
College student Gordon Huang was racially abused by an older woman on the Orbiter bus when the driver stopped for a break at the stop next to Burnside High School at 1 p.m. Saturday.
The woman asked if he and another passenger were Chinese, then began a racist spiel that included her saying, “I don’t want to be on a bus with people like you.”
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Huang has now filed a complaint about the racist incident with the police, who are investigating.
Huang, who came to New Zealand from China three years ago, wanted to thank the only other two passengers, one who was also Chinese, for standing up for him and criticizing his racist behavior.
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“What impressed me was that there was a young Kiwi woman of about 13 years old, she stood up for me and said, ‘Yes, you are being racist and you should shut up,’ which was very brave.”
The woman lunged at her, but Huang blocked her.
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Huang says he wants to raise awareness of racism in New Zealand.
After Huang took out his phone to record the second half of the incident, he pounced on him to grab it, then kicked him in the shin and spat in his face.
“I felt bad when he spat on me, which is really unacceptable. You can’t treat people like that. “
The driver was a “hero” and asked the woman to get off the bus immediately.
“He tried to stop her from being a racist, but she wasn’t listening.”
When the woman got off the bus, she was still yelling and “swearing and using her finger.”
“She acted like she was quite familiar with doing that to Chinese. It’s not her first time. “
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Huang was not going to speak, but his friends convinced him to share his story on social media. Video of the incident drew 2,400 reactions and 1,800 comments, including the identified woman.
Stuff has chosen not to show the video or name her.
Huang first called 105 to report the racist abuse, but was told to take the report to a police station because it involved physical assault. Did this on Sunday.
A police spokeswoman said investigations were ongoing.
He has also been in contact with the bus company.
A spokeswoman for Environment Canterbury, which provides overseas bus services in the region, said she had contacted the bus operator about the incident.
“Racist or abusive behavior of any kind is not welcome on our public transportation network.”
While drivers had training and systems to deal with incidents like this, only the police had the power to bar a passenger from public transportation, he said.
Huang knew that this was not how New Zealanders normally behaved, but he wanted to raise awareness about racist attacks.
“The point of this is not to ask people to blame her, I just wanted my post to help more people to encourage people to stand up for others and protect themselves when they encounter similar situations.
“Spread love, not hate.”
