Viral Video: Indian Man Faces Racism In Canada, Told to 'Go Back'

Viral Video: A viral video has surfaced on social media shows how a random woman in Canada abuses and passes racist comments on an Indian origin man.

The video shared by Ashwin Annamalai on social media X sharing his ordeal on how he fell victim to a racists remark by a random lady in Canada. The viral video also comes with a caption that says, ‘The once welcoming community of Kitchener-Waterloo has seen a disturbing rise in hate, particularly against people of colour. Here’s a personal account of what I experienced today: A random woman gave me the  finger & spewed hate while I was out for a walk at Erb/Avondale.’

‘She WRONGLY assumed I am Indian and I must leave immediately. When I challenge her very politely she went about her racist rants... She also is upset that there are black people in the community. She also accuses me of not speaking English & that I need to just leave’, Ashwin tweeted further.

Indian Man Faces Racism in Canada Viral Video

This isn’t an isolated incident. Such hate-filled encounters have been happening regularly since the beginning of the year, & people seem to be getting more emboldened. I’ve spoken about the racism faced by international students in our community. 

Ashwin's tweet on social media X has sparked an online debate amid worsening relations between India and Canada. Netizens in the comment section started sharing their thoughts and opinions on the same. One user wrote, ‘Growing up in the region, I’m surprised and saddened to see this. I think you’re right this may be the minority of cases like this, but it’s still too many and sadly reflecting worrying trends. Kudos to you for handling this with grace, given the treatment you faced.’

Another user wrote, ‘This is awful, I'm sorry it happened. Anti immigrant rhetoric is growing fast, politicians continue to peddle it and normalize it. Very scary for all brown folks.’

Time has come when we as a community can definitely do much better than blaming each-other & come together to find solutions to problems that plague all of us.