Rainey Backues, Pria Kelahiran Indonesia yang Terlibat dalam Kericuhan di Amerika Serikat Lantaran Kasus Rasisme Minta Maaf

Meskipun sempat membagikan foto selfie saat kerusuhan tersebut, namun Rainey menegaskan bahwa dia tak menjarah toko tersebut.

 

 

 

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You might recognize me from several photos making the rounds on social media in the last several hours. If you know me personally, you will know that that what is represented there is quite unlike me. I initially began my day by going out for a daily bike ride, and I went through Center City, ending up at the protests. This helps explain why I was not covering my identity in the photos. At first, I simply wanted to document on my Instagram story what I was seeing for those who were at home. But, as the evening went on, I began to feel a combined anger from the murder of George Floyd and a feeling of energy in the face of national police injustice from the rioting welling up inside of me. Even today, I still feel the passion of hurt brought about by the racial injustice that is frequently directed towards people of color, myself included. This emotion runs deep. However, I now regret that my justified anger and impulse to not stay silent too quickly turned into movements to destroy property. Demonstrating is not the same thing as destruction. Thus, I would now like to apologize to the BLM movement as well as to the protestors who are legitimately exhibiting their disagreement with the present injustices we all have witnessed. Since one of my tattoos shows the islands of Indonesia (I am a naturalized US citizen, but I was born on the island of Java), I would also like to apologize to the Indonesian community in Philadelphia. Finally, to clarify, I must make it clear that, though I foolishly posted selfies holding sneakers up to my ear on my Instagram story, I did not loot them nor did I take any home with me. The streets were littered with clothing and shoes and I thought it would emphasize the amount of looting that was happening if I posed with them in this way. I now regret posting those photos. Once again, I apologize to all the communities that I have negatively affected and embarrassed. I am willing to take full responsibility for my actions. I have learned a great deal from this incident.

Sebuah kiriman dibagikan oleh Rainey A. Backues (@rainsfordthegreat) pada 31 Mei 2020 jam 2:53 PDT

"Akhirnya, saya harus memperjelas bahwa, walaupun saya dengan bodohnya memasang selfie yang memegang sepatu sampai ke telinga saya di cerita Instagram saya, saya tidak menjarahnya dan tidak membawa pulang apa pun," tegasnya.

 "Saya sekarang menyesal memposting foto-foto itu. Sekali lagi, saya meminta maaf kepada semua komunitas yang telah terkena dampak negatif dan malu. Saya bersedia bertanggung jawab penuh atas tindakan saya. Saya telah belajar banyak dari kejadian ini," tutup Rainey A Backues. (*)

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