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Chinese-Australians hunt white men who hit Asian delivery rider
- The incident in Adelaide’s Chinatown is among a growing trend of racist attacks against Asian-Australians
- Feeling unsupported by the government, many Asian-Australians are taking matters into their own hands
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Chinese-Australians have banded together to help police hunt down two white men who hit an Asian delivery rider in Adelaide’s Chinatown on Saturday, as vigilantism among the Asian-Australian community grows in the face of rising racist attacks.
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A video of the attack, published on social media and by various Asian media groups such as Jackfroot, shows the two white men – one carrying a dog – approach an Asian food delivery rider on a stationary electric bike.
One of the men walks past the rider before hitting him in the face. It is understood a police report has been lodged, but the victim has declined to speak to the media.
After the video spread online, the Chinese-Australian community gathered online in social media apps such as WeChat to share information on the location of the attackers. Several netizens patrolled the area looking for the perpetrators.
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There were also discussions about staging a peaceful protest to voice the community’s growing dissatisfaction of being racially targeted, with little being done to stop the unlawful acts which included verbal abuses and physical attacks.
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