Nang makita ni Aaron Teo ang isang racist at marahas na pag-atake sa isang Asian na lalaki, siya ay tumulong.
"The immediate concern was to de-escalate and put some sort of physical distance between the aggressor and the victim. Thankfully after stepping in, there were a few other people who gathered around and helped to stand in the way of the perpetrator,” aniya.
Karamihan ay iniisip na gagawin nila rin iyon, pero sabi ng pag-aaral, hindi ito ginagawa.
Si Professor Kevin Dunn mula sa Western Sydney University ay eksperto sa bystander action. Sabi niya, may agwat sa pagitan ng nais gawin ng mga tao at ng aktwal nilang ginagawa.
"When you ask people in surveys whether they would take action, it's in the 70 percent, high 60s. You ask the same people if they've ever taken any such action, then you get ... below 30 percent.”
Madalas hindi tumutulong ang mga tao dahil natatakot silang sila naman ang maging target, hindi alam kung ano ang gagawin, at hindi sigurado kung ang nangyayari ay racism.
Dagdag ni Professor Duun, "untapped potential that is out there for us to leverage for anti-racist purposes, if we can get people to understand ... the different forms of action they can take".
Ang episode na ito ng Understanding Hate ay tumatalakay kung paano labanan ang harassment o hate speech.
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