An Indian national in New Zealand was assaulted, subjected to a racist tirade and told to go back to his own country during a road rage incident in Auckland. Narindervir Singh said he was filming from inside his vehicle when the incident happened on a weekday last week.
After Mr. Singh informed the driver that he’s uploading the video live, the situation escalated and Mr. Singh was abused, sworn at and told to go back to his own country. The man also made derogatory remarks about Punjabi people Mr. Singh said in his video.
“I gave him a space… that lady gave me the finger. He was driving that car [pointing to a white Holden] and now he’s trying to threaten me, giving me bad names,” Mr. Singh says in a video which was being streamed live onto Facebook.
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When Singh left, he assumed it was all over. But when he parked on a nearby side street, he says the white Holden pulled up once again and the racist rant, including then word, continued. Another man, Bikramjit Singh, suffered similar abuse last week as he left a Papatoetoe storage facility.
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But those who work with migrants say such discrimination does appear to be increasing. “We are seeing it much more openly which is a very serious concern,” said Anu Kaloti from the Migrant Workers Association. “I think societies are becoming more and more intolerant, especially since (Donald) Trump was elected President of the US.”
This comes close on the heels of a number of racist attacks against Indians reported in other parts of the world, particularly in the United States.