香港の学校の校長が、シンガポールで南アジア系の警備員2人と口論する様子が動画で拡散され、オンライン上で批判を浴びている。視聴者の間では、その振る舞いが単に無礼なものだったのか、それとも人種差別的な動機があったのかで意見が分かれている。
屯門にある新会商会中学の李焯興校長は、先週金曜日の修学旅行中に動画を撮影された。映像には、グループのバスを巡る駐車の問題で、2人の女性警備員に対して声を荒らげる校長の姿が収められている。校長は広東語で罵詈雑言を吐きながら、「失礼だ」「黙れ」「あっちへ行け」といった言葉を浴びせていた。
警備員たちは困惑した様子で、口論の最中に李氏を指さしていた。目撃者は、中華系と見られる通行人に対しては、校長の態度が異なっていたと指摘している。
香港のダイバーシティ推進団体「Hong Kong Initiative for Diversity」の事務局長、ジョン・ツェ・ウィンリン博士は、今回の行為が人種差別的な動機によるものかどうかを断定するのは困難だと述べた。オンライン上のコメントの大半は、校長の礼儀の欠如に注目している。
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