Racist British Airways flight attendant duo fired for slant-eyed jibe, mocking Chinese accents of passengers
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Two British Airways flight attendants have been fired after mocking the accent of Chinese passengers and making racist slant-eye gestures in a viral video.
The clip went viral after it was posted on TikTok by @jadenguyen_2 on March 16, triggering a backlash on mainland social media.
It shows a white woman who was later confirmed to be British Airways flight attendant Holly Walton, trying to mimic a Chinese accent to say “give me wine” while making slant-eyes gestures.
Another woman who filmed the video and was having a laugh with her turned out to be her colleague, Lauren Bray.
Bray reportedly filmed the video while the pair were enjoying wine at a hotel in Antigua, during the layover following a flight from London.
Their colleagues who reacted to the video with anger said they were mimicking a Chinese family who spoke little English and tried hard to express themselves on her flight, according to British tabloid The Sun.