An Indian American man recorded a woman’s verbal attack against him and his family after they arrived at Los Angeles International Airport and boarded a shuttle bus. Pervez Taufiq said the woman was allegedly yelling at his child. NBC News cannot confirm what occurred before the video recording.
An Indian American photographer is speaking out about a video he captured of a woman verbally attacking his family with racist slurs on a United Airlines shuttle bus. Fifty-year-old Pervez Taufiq was traveling with his wife and three children from Mexico to Los Angeles the week before Thanksgiving when the woman accosted him, saying his family was “not American” and calling them “tandoori” and “stinky.
“You’re from f—-- India.” He posted the video to Instagram last week and thousands of his followers rallied to support him. South Asian influencers came to his defense in the comments, and even bigger names like journalist Katie Couric commented on the post or circulated the clip on X, formerly Twitter. The woman, who has not been identified by Taufiq or on social media, left the bus and spoke to United employees, the video shows, and another passenger can be heard vouching for the family.
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