BANGKOK: Some 300 Thais and foreigners in Thailand and elsewhere joined an online protest against racism on Sunday (Jun 7), adding their voices to global calls for justice for black American George Floyd, who died in United States police custody in Minneapolis last month.
With COVID-19 restrictions in place, protesters with "I Can't Breathe" messages on their arms and placards gathered on the video-meeting platform Zoom to emphasise the call in Thailand as they watched the video clip of Floyd's last moments.
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"I've lived in three continents now. I have best friends who are from the African community, who are also black Americans, and … you see a stark contrast in how they are treated," said 28-year old Natalie Bin Narkprasert, one of the event organisers.
"Everyone has hopes, everyone has dreams, everyone bleeds red, you know," she said. "It's crazy that they still have this in 2020 when in 1963, that was when Martin Luther King did his freedom speech."
The group also observed 8 minutes and 46 seconds of silence – the period that Floyd was filmed pinned under a white officer's knee – to know "how it feels", Natalie added.
Some said racist bias existed in Asia, although it might be more sRead More – Source
BANGKOK: Some 300 Thais and foreigners in Thailand and elsewhere joined an online protest against racism on Sunday (Jun 7), adding their voices to global calls for justice for black American George Floyd, who died in United States police custody in Minneapolis last month.
With COVID-19 restrictions in place, protesters with "I Can't Breathe" messages on their arms and placards gathered on the video-meeting platform Zoom to emphasise the call in Thailand as they watched the video clip of Floyd's last moments.
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"I've lived in three continents now. I have best friends who are from the African community, who are also black Americans, and … you see a stark contrast in how they are treated," said 28-year old Natalie Bin Narkprasert, one of the event organisers.
"Everyone has hopes, everyone has dreams, everyone bleeds red, you know," she said. "It's crazy that they still have this in 2020 when in 1963, that was when Martin Luther King did his freedom speech."
The group also observed 8 minutes and 46 seconds of silence – the period that Floyd was filmed pinned under a white officer's knee – to know "how it feels", Natalie added.
Some said racist bias existed in Asia, although it might be more sRead More – Source
