The video shows Jasirah Bin-Hitam stand with the sign on Cottesloe Beach . several 100 strangers offer the 17-year-old student a hug in half an hour . The video is intended to encourage Australian 's to be more trusting . It was inspired by a statistic that only 13 per cent of Australians trust Aboriginals or Torres Strait Islander .
The video shows Jasirah Bin-Hitam stand with the sign on Cottesloe Beach . About 100 strangers offer the 17-year-old student a hug in half an hour . The video is intended to encourage Australian 's to be more trusting . It was inspired by a statistic that only 13 per cent of Australians trust Aboriginals or Torres Strait Islander .