New york: African-American man allegedly racially abused an Indian-origin girl Ekta Desai in the US. Man yelled “get out of here” when she was travelling in a busy commuter train.
Ekta Desai, who lives in New York, took a video of the incident that happened on February 23 and The Voice Raiser website uploaded this video and it has gone viral since then and viewed by hundreds of thousands of people.
In the video, the African-American man is seen abusing the girl, saying words like “Freedom of speech” and “Black Power”. Using expletives, he tells her to “get out of here”.
As the girl is recording the video, the man gets visibly angry and is seen shouting at her.
In the video, the African-American man is seen abusing the girl, saying words like “Freedom of speech” and “Black Power”. Using expletives, he tells her to “get out of here”.
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The shooting sent shock waves across the Indian-American community here with people expressing concerns over their safety in an enviornment of xenophobic and racist rhetoric in the country.