India Post News Service
CHICAGO: In the past two weeks across the USA, the Indian American community has witnessed three separate incidents showing the detrimental effect of anti-Hindu and anti-Indian sentiment.
NEW YORK CITY, A statue of Indian independence leader and inspiration for the US civil rights movement, Mahatma Gandhi was attacked and destroyed outside a Hindu temple in Queens.
PLANO, TX: A Mexican American spewed shocking racist insults at a group of Indian women in a parking lot which went viral on social media.
FREMONT, CA: An Indian was verbally assaulted, and taunted with racist epithets and anti-Hindu stereotypes by another customer waiting in line inside a Taco Bell.
In all three cases, the law enforcement and local officials have taken the situations seriously; investigating them as what they clearly are, hate crimes. Read our full statement here.
However, with the recent up-tick of hate crimes, there is a cause of concern for all right-minded Indian Americans.
