US Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard says ‘Hinduphobia is real, media responsible for fomenting it’
06 Mar 2020 15:46:23
US representative from Hawaii, Tulsi Gabbard took to her social media handle to share her views on rising Hinduphobia in America. On March 5, Tulsi shared a post of an Indian-American Hindu girl who had shared her traumatic encounter with an Uber Driver in the US. Reacting to the post, the US Presidential Candidate said that its unfortunate but Hinduphobia is real and that she too had experienced it during her election campaigns. While recalling the incident in her post she said that it’s just an example of what Hindus face every day in the US.
Media and political leaders responsible for inciting Hinduphobia, says Tulsi
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Tulsi Gabbard, one of the three candidates left in the Democratic presidential nominee race, went on to target the political leaders and media in the United States and accused them of not only tolerating Hinduphobia but further fomenting it.
The anonymous Indian American girl whose post Tulsi shared had mentioned about her shocking experience with Uber in America saying that she was targeted for her religious and ethnic identity by Uber driver, of being a Hindu. On trying to clarify to his accusations that both communities had suffered loss, the driver asked her to get down of his car. Another lady doctor from US called the incident unfortunate and said that blatantly biased news & anti-Hindu propaganda has real-world consequences for innocent people.