Bollywood actress Tanishaa Mukherji who was currently in New York to attend CRY America charity gala faced an unfortunate incident there.
Ir reports are to be believed, the actress faces racism by an employee at a hotel. The actress stated that one of the African-American hotel employees made an insensitive and racist remark about her.
While talking to Mid-Day, the actress said, “I don’t understand what triggered it as I was polite, but he turned rude. One of the employees, an African-American, said that we looked as if we were fresh off the boat and couldn’t speak English. That was insulting and blatantly racist. My friends and I were shocked. It’s traumatic to experience this kind of racism in the US; I have never faced it earlier.”
Tanishaa Mukerji faces racism
The actress also said that the hotel staff was unsupportive and they refused her request to call the cops to address the matter. The actress tried to record it but was asked to stop it.
Calling the incident unfortunate, she added, “I was trying to record the incident on my camera. The video I posted online ends abruptly because the guy stopped me and told me to switch my recorder off. It’s unfortunate when you experience something like this in a land that stands for rights and liberty. I am saddened that an African-American behaved like this, considering they have experienced discrimination themselves.”
— Tanishaa Mukerji (@TanishaaMukerji) March 10, 2019
Shiftiest place ever.! Racist horrible people @JaneHotelNYC
— Tanishaa Mukerji (@TanishaaMukerji) March 10, 2019
Tanishaa debuted in Bollywood with 2003 film Sssshhh… and later starred in films such as Popcorn Khao! Mast Ho Jao, Tango Charlie, Neal ‘N’ Nikki, Sarkar and Sarkar Raj.
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She was last seen in the 2016 film Anna. Tanishaa has also participated in reality shows such as Bigg Boss 7and Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 7.