Hate Speech Video Spreads on SNS
"No Tolerance for Hate" Ultimately Leads to Dismissal

An analyst who worked on Wall Street in the United States lost his job after making anti-Semitic remarks in a public place. The video containing his remarks spread online, garnering millions of views.


On the 15th (local time), according to U.S. media outlets The Hill and New York Post, the video of the analyst's remarks became famous after conservative American journalist Andy Ngo posted it on his 'X' account on the 11th.


Ngo explained, "A Jewish person sent me the video," adding, "It was filmed on the 9th on a street in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York."


In the video, a man is seen attaching a flyer over a photo on a streetlight. The flyer reads in large letters, "Israel is a racist state committing genocide." The photo on the streetlight is known to be of an Israeli civilian kidnapped by the Palestinian armed group Hamas.


A man who was fired from his job after making anti-Semitic remarks [Image source=X capture]

A man who was fired from his job after making anti-Semitic remarks [Image source=X capture]

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When the person filming asks, "Are you proud of this action?" the man replies, "I am really proud. Very proud." A woman, who appears to be accompanying the man, then appears and snaps at the filmer, saying, "It's none of your business, so get lost."


Eventually, the filmer and the two individuals engage in a verbal altercation. In this situation, the two say things like "Go to Israel" and "Go back to your country." The woman also says, "Palestine is my country," suggesting they are supporters of Palestine.


The two individuals were identified as Kurushi Mistry and Shailza Gupta. It is also known that the two are married. The video quickly became famous, recording 6.89 million views and being shared (retweeted) over 12,000 times on X.


The video was shared even with the Wall Street investment firm where Mistry worked. This company, headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, is a financial product trading firm, and it is reported that they fired Mistry, who was employed as an oil product analyst.



The company issued a statement saying, "We are aware of the recent anti-Semitic incident reported on social media," emphasizing, "We welcome diverse views and opinions from our employees, but we will not tolerate discrimination and hate speech against any group."


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