A third racial attack within 10 days in the US has heightened feelings of insecurity and fear among the Indian community. From the Kansas shooting to Americans stalking and blaming Indians for taking their jobs, the situation is getting worse day by day.


Shared by RO Khanna, a democrat for US Congress, Khanna talked about yet another Indian man's experience with racism in America.


Indrajit Banerjee, a physics Ph.D who has been living in America and is an American citizen for 41 years now was verbally harassed by a racist man in San Jose.


Indrajit was in a market when he was harassed by a man sitting in a van, after an exchange of few words, Indrajit decided to call 911 as he could feel the situation heating up. But, he was denied help by the San Jose Police Department saying that they will send someone later.


The question is that if a similar incident like Srinivas Kochibhotla would have happened, who would have been responsible for it?


Condemning hate crimes and calling them 'unAmerican', RO Khanna said that Americans should appreciate that immigrants are contributing to the success of 'their' country. Sharing Indrajit's experience in his own words, Khanna shared an excerpt of what exactly happened with Indrajit.


"Almost every Sunday I go to the Village Square farmer's market to do some shopping and stop at the Evergreen Coffee Shop to chat with some friends. Today was no different, except for the incident, at approximately 11:15AM. When I got out of my car with my shopping bag, I suddenly heard shouts "Hey are you an American" - a few times. I turned around and found the person talking to me. I answered "yes"the person, in the van continued - "why are you driving a foreign car?" "Why are you not buying an American" car?"
I decided to ignore the person and started walking fast out of the parking lot. He pulled the van beside me and continued "Go back where you came from if you don't like America."  At this point I was scared, since recently I had read of several cases of people being killed in other states with rhetoric in similar lines. I dialed 911 the person noticed and started asking "do you think I will beat you up?" The operator at the other end of the line asked me a whole lot of questions during which time the van drove away. A while later I received a call from the police department saying that they had no officers available and they could send someone later to my house."