The full story behind the viral video of a woman making racist remarks against an Indian-American family.
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00:00This American man of Indian descent said a woman told his son to shut up, leading to
00:11an altercation between him and her.
00:13The man who faced the racist remarks is wedding photographer Parvez Taufiq.
00:35This exchange took place at the Los Angeles International Airport when passengers from
00:39a United Airlines flight were being transferred after landing.
00:43In an Instagram post, Parvez wrote, this lady was harassing her son on the flight unbeknownst
00:49to us, asking him if he was Indian and making comments.
00:52Parvez's son was 11 years old and his wife Nicole said it was tough to explain racism
00:58to her son.
00:59The woman had shared Parvez Taufiq's son's row on the flight, which was a few rows away
01:03from the rest of the family.
01:05She said that while they were on the flight, she asked his son if he was from India and
01:10when he responded in the affirmative, she said she would talk to his parents.
01:25her son.
01:26Parvez Taufiq's son said that while they were on the flight, she would talk to his
01:27parents.
01:28The woman had shared Parvez Taufiq's son's row on the flight, which was a few rows away
01:29from the rest of the family.
01:30She said she would talk to his parents.
01:31The woman had shared Parvez Taufiq's son's row on the flight, which was a few rows away
01:32from the rest of the family.
01:33The woman had shared Parvez Taufiq's son's row on the flight, which was a few rows away
01:34from the rest of the family.
01:35The woman had shared Parvez Taufiq's son's row on the flight, which was a few rows away
01:36from the rest of the family.
01:37The woman had shared Parvez Taufiq's son's row on the flight, which was a few rows away
01:38from the rest of the family.
01:39When they boarded the bus after the plane, the woman told Parvez's other son, who is
02:074 years old, to shut up.
02:08Parvez said that when he confronted the woman, her husband got up and literally got into
02:13my face.
02:14According to Parvez, United Airlines put the woman on a no-fly list after the incident.
02:19But The Independent reported that the airlines did not provide any additional information
02:24about this.
02:25In the viral video of the argument, Parvez and at least one other passenger alleged the
02:30woman was drunk.
02:32After their argument, a staffer on the train was seen talking to the woman when another
02:36man was heard saying,
02:54The woman was then taken off the bus and when she attempted to talk to a ground staff person
03:00on the tarmac, another passenger stood up for Parvez.
03:23Pointing out that only one person supported them, Parvez Taufiq's wife Nicole wrote on
03:28Instagram,
03:29Her husband and I felt incredibly alone.
03:31The silence from the majority, people who could have chosen to stand for decency, was
03:36deafening.
03:37She also wrote,
03:38Our son was struggling to understand her unwarranted and abhorrent behaviour.
03:42Parvez and I tried to explain racism to him in a way he could grasp.
03:46But how do you make something so senseless make sense?