NE NEWS SERVICE
TEXAS, AUG 27
Indian American bodies on Friday condemned the hate crime against a group of four Indian Americans in Texas. Esmeralda Upton from Plano in Texas was arrested for the racially-motivated physical and verbal assault of four South Asian women in a parking lot on Wednesday.
The recent news of Indian women being harassed & abused w/ racial slurs in TX has sent shock waves through the community. Indiaspora strongly condemns this racial attack & reiterates our commitment to fighting discrimination & prejudice in all its forms.https://t.co/5nerrprCEG
— Indiaspora (@IndiasporaForum) August 26, 2022
“The recent news of four Indian-origin women being harassed and abused with vile racial slurs in Plano, TX, has sent shock waves through the Indian-American community,” said Sanjeev Joshipura from Indiaspora.
“The viral video captures the unreal encounter of four friends facing a tirade in a suburban parking lot, following their quiet dinner meet-up. We at Indiaspora strongly condemn this racial attack and reiterate our commitment to fighting discrimination and prejudice in all its forms,” he said.
The attack is yet another in a string of deplorable anti-Asian hate crimes that have taken place over the past two years and comes on the heels of a similar incident involving the first India- American woman in Congress, Pramila Jaya, said Indian American Impact.
“South Asians for America (SAFA) is relieved that these four women are safe from subsequent harm and that Upton was arrested the following afternoon by Plano police. However, this alone does not mitigate the emotional and psychological trauma that hate crimes have on our community,” said Neha Dewan, National Director, SAFA.
As an organization, we have zero tolerance towards racism and acts of hate such as these against our community members. All of us at SAFA stand in community with human rights groups around the country, in combatting racism and xenophobia and calling out Anti Asian Hate nationwide, Neha added..
Sincerely,
