An Indian-origin restaurateur in the US has been racially targeted by a customer who referred to him and his family as “a tribe from India” and went on to comment that he “probably just funded al-Qaeda” by eating at the hotel, according to a media report. Taj Sardar, the owner of ‘The Kings Diner’ in Ashland, Kentucky, was targeted by racial posts by the man after eating at his restaurant, WSAZ-TV reported.
The small eatery serves a combination of home cooking and Indian dishes. later, the man took a photo of the restaurant and wrote on Facebook to voice his displeasure with the food and also the people inside, it said. “I reluctantly entered to order meatloaf special and was greeted by a tribe from India. I’m ashamed that I probably just funded al-Qaeda,” the post on Facebook said.
“When I first read the thing on the Facebook, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, is this seriousij’ “ Sardar said. “I was like hopefully his backers don’t try to get together and push me out here, which I’ve been living here since 2010,” he was quoted as saying by the report.