“Not Sorry”, for hurling racial slur

A woman who hurled racial slurs to an Indian-origin man in Edmonton last week, referring to the color of his skin and telling him to go back to his country, has refused to apologize for her behavior .

Edmonton resident Rahul Kumar, who works as a human resource executive, recorded the incident on his phone when the woman launched the tirade against him at a parking spot in a residential  on Aug. 15.

A week after the incident, the woman, who has identified herself as Angelique, told a leading TV channel that she is not sorry about the incident. “I don’t care what appalls most Canadians,” she said. “I love myself. I have no problem with what happened.”

In the video, that was shared by Kumar, the woman is seen uttering the ethnic slur “P**I” several times, besides commenting on his skin color, calling it “sh*t covered skin,” making fun of his accent, and finally telling him to “go back to your f*** country.” As per reports, the incident stemmed from a parking dispute.   “I’m not a racist,” she said. “I have no problems with anybody. But in every race, there’s one bad bunch.”

While recalling the incident, she said, “He went crazy and started banging on my window, telling me I’m f*cking stupid, move my f*cking car.”

Kumar, who moved to Canada seven years back, said that the woman’s car was parked in the emergency lane, blocking the way, and that he recognized it as one belonging to a frequent visitor of his neighbor. “I’ve requested her a few times not to do that because it gives a hard time to me and my wife who’s a learner, to back up our cars from the designated spots,” Kumar  is reported to have said. “I just called the rental office and the office girl came out and she went and spoke to her to move the car. Otherwise they have to get it towed because it’s in the emergency lane.”

Shortly after that, he said, when he was in his vehicle, he heard the woman shouting racial slurs, and had to stop as his two-year-old child was within earshot.  He reported the incident to the bylaw officers.

The Hate Crimes Unit is reviewing the video, but it is not officially considered a hate crime at this time, it cited Edmonton Police as saying.