A white South African woman who moved to Hong Kong has
become a topic of discussion on social media after a video of her making a plea
for Hong Kong protests to stop went viral.
The young woman dressed in a yellow dress was in tears as
she explained to AFP journalist Elaine Yu that she moved from South Africa to
get away from protests. Earlier she had knelt before the Chinese police with
her hands in prayer.
“South Africa has this…I don’t want this. This is not the
Hong Kong that I’ve learnt to love. Everyone in Hong Kong is so loveable and
welcoming for all foreigners and then to experience this … it hurts me,” she
said.
When she was asked by journalists what she thinks about the
police’s actions towards protesters she said there is a good and a bad side to
both parties.
“There is a good and a bad to both protesters and there is
a good and a bad to police and I just wish that both sides would just stop.
Like I understand what they are fighting for and appreciate what everyone is
fighting for but this is not what we are
supposed to be like. We’re supposed to be fighting together not against each
other.”
“This is not the Hong Kong I want to be in, like really I
don’t,” she said. "White South Africans" started to trend after
Twitter users began posting about what they called the entitlement and
ignorance of white South Africans.
Twitter user @NonCuratFlex said: “Y'all feel embarrassed by
the white lady in Hong Kong? I'm sorry, I have no affiliation to white South
Africans. That's y'alls business.”
@_Kutlwano said: “It's sad how white South Africans aren't
even engaging in a trending tweet about them. Ignorance is super bliss”
@KMalebeye_ tweeted: ”The entitlement that white South
Africans have is beyond crazy, now she is showing the world what we have to
deal with on a daily.”
@Pianopella tweeted: “There’s literally no race that’s as
entitled as white South Africans on this planet.”
She said she lives in the area, and explained: “I came from South Africa to move away from this... I don’t want this. This is not the Hong Kong I’ve grown to love.” pic.twitter.com/q8rO0Jxnbo— Elaine Yu (@yuenok) August 11, 2019
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