Hindustan Times ST (Jaipur)

Stalking Indians: Ohio man’s video shocker

- Siladitya Ray siladitya.ray@htlive.com

Days after the fatal shooting of Indian-born engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotl­a, an antiimmigr­ation website that features photos and videos of Indian families relaxing in the city of Columbus, Ohio, has alarmed community members in the United States.

A post on the website SaveAmeric­anITJobs.com called ‘Welcome to Columbus Ohio suburbs - Lets take a walk to Indian park’ features a video of Indian families hanging out in a public park in suburban Ohio. The video’s descriptio­n mentions how wealthy Indian families have ‘moved in’ to suburban homes in Ohio as “displaceme­nt of Americans has occurred”. As of March 6, the video has over 41,000 views on YouTube.

A Buzzfeed report says that the website is created and maintained by Steve Pushor, a 66-yearold computer programmer from Virginia.

In the video, Pushor’s camera pans over people playing volleyball and children riding bikes, as he narrates: “The number of people from foreign countries blows my mind out here. You see this whole area is all Indian, amazing. It’s an amazing number of jobs have been taken away from Americans. The Indian crowd has ravished the Midwest. It’s a takeover.(sic)” Pushor sarcastica­lly describes the park as a “mini Mumbai”.

Pushor initially posted this video and the accompanyi­ng document ‘Ohio - A Journey To Indian Park’ in August. The document labels India as a “hell hole” and highlights the loss of “Norman Rockwell white people class” in the US. A link to the doc

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 ??  ?? Snapshot from Pushor’s PDF
Snapshot from Pushor’s PDF

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