An Indian in Canada was allegedly racially abused over a parking dispute by a white woman on Tuesday, 21 August. The woman yelled "go back to your country" and called him a "Paki", according to a media report.
Rahul Kumar, who moved from India to Canada seven years ago, was also called a "loser" with "shit-coloured skin", CTV news reported.
Kumar filmed the encounter outside his home on his cellphone last week. In the video, a woman can be heard yelling at Kumar over a parking dispute:
You can film all you want Paki. Yes Paki, that’s you with the shit-coloured skin.
The Woman is Unremorseful
The woman who made the comments called CTV Edmonton after the report aired and criticised the coverage, saying that she is "not a racist."
Asked whether the parking disagreement justifies the racist language used, she said, "It doesn't matter if it justifies it or not; it happened and that's where I took it."
She is unapologetic. "I have no problem with what happened," she was quoted as saying by the report.
At one point in the video, the woman mixes up two countries where she thinks Kumar is from, before she mocks his accent.
"East Indian Paki," she shouted at him. "Go back to your country, man," she added.
Towards the end of the video, she can be seen driving off, but not before she spits on Kumar's car and calls him a "loser."
Kumar says he was stunned by the woman's comments.
I’ve never experienced anything like that.Rahul Kumar
Kumar said he was concerned because the woman's profanity-laden rant was within earshot of children.
"It is very disturbing," he said.
Last month, an Indian-origin couple was harassed in Canada by a white man who yelled 'go back to your country' and threatened to 'kill' their children.
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