Yes, we're everywhere: Delhi women's panel chief condemns racist attack on Indians in US
India Today
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief, Swati Maliwal, condemned the racist attack and called for strict action against a Texas woman who assaulted and threatened a group of Indian-American women outside the Sixty Vines restaurant in Texas' Plano.
Soon after, a video of a woman yelling racist remarks at a group of Indian-American women outside the Sixty Vines restaurant in Texas' Plano went viral, Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief, Swati Maliwal, reacted to the incident and called for strict action against the accused woman.
Condemning the shocking racist attack on Indians, the DCW chief hit back at the woman, saying that yes, Indians are everywhere and that they are CEOs of top-most companies as well. This racist act in the USA is highly condemnable and the strongest action must be taken against her for this abhorrent behaviour, Maliwal said.
Sharing the video of the incident, DCW chief, Swati Maliwal took to Twitter and wrote, "This racist act in the USA is highly condemnable. The prob this lady has with Indian women is ‘Indians are everywhere’. Yes Ma’am. We are everywhere. Check it out, we are CEOs of your top-most companies as well. Strongest action must be taken against her for this abhorrent behaviour!" (sic)
This racist act in USA is highly condemnable. The prob this lady has with Indian women is ‘Indians are everywhere’. Yes Ma’am. We are everywhere. Check it out, we are CEOs of your top most companies as well. Strongest action must be taken against her for this abhorrent behaviour! pic.twitter.com/JU6p4rjZez
The video, which was shared on Facebook late Wednesday night, went viral on Reddit on Thursday in a post titled "Happened to some Indian friends last night in Plano." The five-and-a-half minute long video shows the accused Esmeralda Upton asking a group of Indian-American women to "Go back to India."
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CCTV footage of the incident shows the accused seated among several other women and browsing through clothes. Meanwhile, her 5-year-old son discreetly picks up a purse from inside a bag kept behind one of the unsuspecting customers.
The crime came to light two days later when the younger girls informed their mother. A case has been registered under BNS provisions, and further investigation is underway.