Indian-origin CEO racially abused after Trump's criticism
23 Aug 2017 9:56 PM IST
Washington: An Indian origin CEO says he was racially abused and was told to "go back" to India and also take along top Indian-American diplomat Nikki Haley after he refused to defend US President Donald Trump's economic agenda following the racial violence in Virginia.
Ravin Gandhi, founder and CEO of GMM Nonstick Coatings, a global supplier of coatings for cookware and bakeware, penned an op-ed for CNBC following the Charlottesville racial violence but in response was slammed and racially abused by readers, the Chicago Tribune reported.
At least one woman was killed and dozens were injured in Charlottesville last week during clashes between white supremacists and counter-protestors at a rally. Trump, instead of blaming white supremacists, held both sides responsible for the violence and was criticised by both Democrats and Republicans for the response. "I recently told the New York Times I was 'rooting' for certain aspects of Trump's economic agenda," Gandhi, 44, wrote in the article. "After Charlottesville and its aftermath, I will not defend Trump even if the Dow hits 50,000, unemployment goes to 1 per cent, and GDP grows by 7 per cent... I will not in good conscience support a President who seems to hate Americans who don't look like him.
"The fact that Trump equated hate groups with those protesting hate lit me up," Gandhi said. "His moral leadership on this issue is reprehensible." US-born Gandhi, after his op-ed was published, received a voicemail from an alleged Trump supporter, who told him to "get your (expletive) garbage and go back to India". "You can take that other half-(expletive) Bangladesh creep with you, Nikki Haley," the woman said in the message.
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