A disagreement over parking took an ugly racial turn in a border town in British Columbia in Canada.
In the video above, a man can be seen hurling a torrent of abuse and racial slurs at the man filming, with the added problem that most racists have – of confused geography.
"You f*****g Paki, go back to f*****g India, you f*****g Hindu, you camel-rider m*****f****r. White power!"
After the tirade, the man begins filming the proceedings himself and asks, "When did you come to Canada," and gets the reply, "I was born here."
The incident took place on October 21 and videos of the incident have gone viral online. The police are investigating the incident and examining if it calls for an arrest.
"These types of comments and this retaliation to our community is very concerning to us," a member of the local police force told CBCNews. "It's disturbing, not something that we want to see in any community in Abbotsford or British Columbia or Canada for that matter."
In early October, flyers promoting the Ku Klux Klan, the white supremacist group primarily active in USA, were found outside homes in British Columbia, prompting fears of a rise in racism. In September, posters went up at the University of Alberta targeting Sikhs. "F**k your turbans," the posters read.
An article on VICE News suggested that right-wing extremism is on the rise in Canada and concluded:
"The way the government is facilitating the development of deradicalisation program,es is bound to fail. We need to have an honest look at the fact that the history of extremist violence in Canada has primarily been committed by the extreme far right. Until that happens, it's not going to change. And the focus on jihadists is not going to change."
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