Racial discrimination and Western Union Money Transfer do indeed make for strange bedfellows but the twain did certainly blissfully co-exist when the "pied piper of Punjab" Yuvraj Singh's fiancee Hazel Keech casually sauntered into one of their Jaipur based franchises a few days back in order to withdraw some money that was remitted to her from a foreign land......
To her utter disbelief and consternation Hazel who wandered into the said money exchange outlet on a typically rainy Tuesday morning was more than outraged and piqued when the agent manning the counter rather disdainfully and haughtily refused to entertain her request of withdrawing the funds available as her name did not sound "Hindu" enough......
Not one to take the slight in her stride the indomitable and irrepressible Ms. Keech firstly proceeded to withdraw the said amount from a second outlet/agent who did not display similarly deplorable and detestable racist tendencies and then took to twitter in order to highlight the deplorable and despicable racist tendencies exhibited by the Western Union authorities and demanded an unconditional and unqualified apology from them which she duly received within six hours or so of expressing her ire and sense of outrage at being treated in this highly condescending and callous manner......
Keeping in view the long term ramifications of the uncalled for actions of their franchise outlet the higher ups in the annals of the money exchange and remittance set up not only made a furtive and rather comic effort at trying to cover their asses/backsides but also went on to institute/order an official and time bound enquiry into the unsavoury episode that left it with egg all over it's allegedly fair and besmirched visage.......
Is a lame duck and false ringing apology and stereotypical official enquiry in which the accused don the triple roles of judge; jury and prosecutor in a meaningless effort to prosecute one of their very own punishment enough for a racist slight; well I will leave each one of you to draw your very own conclusions on this rather vexing and highly disturbing/emotive issue that once again brings our latent and largely hidden racist tendencies to the fore.......
To her utter disbelief and consternation Hazel who wandered into the said money exchange outlet on a typically rainy Tuesday morning was more than outraged and piqued when the agent manning the counter rather disdainfully and haughtily refused to entertain her request of withdrawing the funds available as her name did not sound "Hindu" enough......
Not one to take the slight in her stride the indomitable and irrepressible Ms. Keech firstly proceeded to withdraw the said amount from a second outlet/agent who did not display similarly deplorable and detestable racist tendencies and then took to twitter in order to highlight the deplorable and despicable racist tendencies exhibited by the Western Union authorities and demanded an unconditional and unqualified apology from them which she duly received within six hours or so of expressing her ire and sense of outrage at being treated in this highly condescending and callous manner......
Keeping in view the long term ramifications of the uncalled for actions of their franchise outlet the higher ups in the annals of the money exchange and remittance set up not only made a furtive and rather comic effort at trying to cover their asses/backsides but also went on to institute/order an official and time bound enquiry into the unsavoury episode that left it with egg all over it's allegedly fair and besmirched visage.......
Is a lame duck and false ringing apology and stereotypical official enquiry in which the accused don the triple roles of judge; jury and prosecutor in a meaningless effort to prosecute one of their very own punishment enough for a racist slight; well I will leave each one of you to draw your very own conclusions on this rather vexing and highly disturbing/emotive issue that once again brings our latent and largely hidden racist tendencies to the fore.......
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