British-Sikh girl is winning hearts for her video message after she was called 'terrorist'
London, Aug 10 (IBNS): A British-Sikh girl has posted a video on the social media to hit back at those who branded her as a 'terrorist' on a playing ground recently and said greater "exposure and knowledge" should be promoted about the community to "handle racism".
The emotional video has attracted 49,000 views so far since it was posted online.
The video was shared on her father Gurpreet Singh's Facebook page named ‘Sikh Dad’.
In the video, she narrated her experience in a playing ground recently.
She said: "On Monday, two boys who looked like 14 to 17 years old and two girls who looked like they were in their late teens - when I asked to play the game they were playing and the queue was a mile long - they said, loud and clear, ''no, you can't play because you are a terrorist''."
She said the incident broke her heart but she kept her "head up and walked away".
Narrating another incident, she said she went to the same park next day and made freind with a nine-year-old girl.
"After an hour, her mum called her and said she can't play with me because I was, apparently, dangerous," she said.
She finally said in her message: "This experience has shown me the lack of exposure and knowledge some people have. And Sikhs are naturally caring and no matter what, we will love everyone."
"But I need to speak out about this because not everyone is strong enough to walk away or has suitable parents to talk to and handle this racism. I will hang out with the right people," she said.
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