Ride-share giant Uber has banned a customer from its app after one of its drivers posted a social media video showing him enduring a racist tirade.
Uber driver and Canada Post employee Mandeep Sehgal from Calgary pictured in this undated photo. Workers for a ride-share service across Canada are thanking him for standing up to discrimination after a dashcam video of a customer telling him "you are on my land" went viral.
A spokesperson for the app did not answer questions about why it took so long for it to ban the customer. "I'm paying taxes. I'm a law-abiding citizen. If I have to prove that I belong here, it creates insecurity," he said, adding both his children were born in Canada. He said the video gained traction this month on the internet, after it was shared again thousands of times on a different platform and, ultimately, Uber banned the rider.
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