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Related: About this forumWoman in Texas who went on a Racist Rant has been caught
Texas police arrested a woman who was filmed hurling racist insults and attacking three Indian-American women near Dallas. NBC News Maggie Vespa reports on how that nearly five-and-a-half-minute video has gone viral as police are now investigating the incident as a hate crime.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3618054-texas-woman-arrested-on-assault-charges-after-attacking-indian-american-women/
tdrake
(12 posts)All of the racism, hatred and intolerance breaks my heart. I have doubts we will find our way back to a sophisticated Civil Society since the era of trump.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)RedSpartan
(1,766 posts)mountain grammy
(27,273 posts)Joinfortmill
(16,396 posts)AllTooEasy
(1,261 posts)We didn't have "racism, hatred, and intolerance" before Trump? Please educate this 51 year old Black man on the US's racial utopia prior to Trump.
Yeah, we had a Black POTUS, but consider that Obama lost only one racial demographic to McCain. Guess which one?
https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/how-groups-voted-2008
This result after it was proven, via McCain's congressional record, that McCain was just a clone of the worse ever POTUS (W.) prior to Obama's victory.
Enlighten us people of color.
TigressDem
(5,125 posts)Woman was about to pull a gun out of her purse, for what?
Someone told her Indians from India got a free ride here and getting all kinds of money... lie.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/03/india-migrants-mexico-us-border
And I live in Minneapolis where George Floyd was murdered, so I know things have been bad for a long time, but it is getting worse.
At least Chauvin got jail time and the Police Union that was covering for racist cops got taken down.
But the MAGA are getting more emboldened and trying to make this country a place where no place at all will be safe for people of color or anyone standing up for them.
3Hotdogs
(13,394 posts)Republicans don't like Mexicans, either.
Zambero
(9,762 posts)Whether this woman was white or Hispanic or anyone else has no bearing whatsoever. She may have been on the receiving end of an unfortunate hate-filled diatribe at some point. It boils down to her intent to harm and dehumanize other individuals who were singled out as being "different". And yes, her words and actions would certainly meet the criteria for a hate crime. It's fortunate that the law finally caught up with her.
AllTooEasy
(1,261 posts)"I can't be a bigot, because I'm not White/heterosexual/Christian/male" is one of the sorriest excuses in history. I read my fellow Blacks the Riot Act after one of Us says something racist about non-Blacks (including Whites).
LetMyPeopleVote
(154,470 posts)magicarpet
(16,512 posts)Wonder who she voted for during 2016 & 2020 presidential elections ? (DJT) Jeez,... she has such a pleasant demeanor. Notice how she was so quick to grab her gun to settle her problems and concerns. A member in good standing in the Bang-Bang Boebert KKKlub.
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Just another red neck Fascist racist thugette masquerading as a devout patriotic AmeriKKKlan.
Handler
(338 posts)Lonestarblue
(11,818 posts)Evidently for people like this, just seeing someone in public who may not have been born here is enough to trigger attacks. I hope tourists from other countries who dont speak English well stay out of red states where they arent safe from attack by the privileged set.
AllaN01Bear
(23,043 posts)whathehell
(29,787 posts)RainCaster
(11,543 posts)May her legal bills be expensive.
bluelill
(12 posts)Article is from August
IronLionZion
(46,968 posts)plenty of MAGAts hate all the women in the video and some white women too. Committing hate crimes against Indians is not going to help Mexicans.
YoshidaYui
(42,718 posts)Give her a couple years in prison thatll teach her!
Paladin
(28,758 posts)It ages her by 30 years. I hope this sick, hateful incident follows her around for twice that length of time.
sdfernando
(5,379 posts)I'm guessing Esmeralda Upton may not be employed much longer...but it is Texas, and Plano to boot so may not happen.
onetexan
(13,896 posts)discrimination - darker or whiter skin, class, social status, wealth, etc. Oy vey.
sdfernando
(5,379 posts)and of course all my Tio's and Tia's were 100% as well...all were poor to middle class....and there was definitely some racism in the family.
onetexan
(13,896 posts)One thing - many Indian Americans here in the US are highly educated, especially those here in North TX. Plano is just 15 minutes from me & i'm so sad as DFW is the biggest metro area in TX and very diverse. Austin, Houston, El Paso & San Antonio are as well. All for the most part are more Blue, no surprise there.
sdfernando
(5,379 posts)in Austin 11/3-6 for a wedding. I don't much like visiting Texas at all anymore....sad as my parents are from a small town outside El Paso.
GreenWave
(9,167 posts)They should say that on election day. Blue will win the day!
jaxexpat
(7,785 posts)Unusual mixture of ethnic prejudgements. A phenomenon peculiar to Tejas.