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A Texas woman was arrested for a racist attack on a group of Indian Americans that they caught on video.

posted 2 years ago by SilenceByWolf (1868)
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Her name is Esmeralda Upton from Plano, Texas. A realtor. It sure would be a shame if everyone filed complaints with the Texas real estate commission to have her realtors license revoked. https://www.trec.texas.gov/public/how-file-complaint

I think the real winner here is the lady's husband who finally gets to have a night to himself while her ass in jail.

Link to full video: https://youtu.be/MyiwXu6jLBY

[–] Keelai (36157) 2 years ago

Three of the Indian women were interviewed. After dinner in a restaurant, the three women said goodbye in their native language. That's when the racist started to go nuts.

It's disturbing that she also threatened to shoot them while reaching in her handbag. She refused to take a breathalyzer test and the officers told her to call a relative to pick her up. She should have been arrested on the spot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7aDI4KZeEE

Her husband died in an accident in 2021.
https://haqexpress.com/esmeralda-upton/

[–] SilenceByWolf (1868) 2 years ago

Could you imagine being married to her? I'd rather stay single for rest of my life.

[–] Keelai (36157) 2 years ago

I can't figure out if the husband was like her or the complete opposite who kept his mouth shut to keep the peace.
https://heavy.com/news/esmeralda-upton-video-plano/

[–] SilenceByWolf (1868) 2 years ago

She is a realtor too. She probably steered away homes from visible minorities away from affluent white neighborhoods.

"Steering" is a well-known, rampant problem in real estate. No doubt she participated in it.

[–] Keelai (36157) 2 years ago

True. People may come forward to complain about discrimination. I wouldn't be surprised if she's fired from her job.

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (13173) 2 years ago

That's the odd thing though. She's Mexican-American so would she steer Latinos away from white neighborhoods? That makes no sense.

And if language was her issue, does she not realize that many whites feel the same way about Mexican-Americans using Spanish?

Sure, she's not rational. But I don't get the tension between Latinos and South Asians here.

[–] SilenceByWolf (1868) 2 years ago

The funny thing is many Latinos identify as white.

[–] OnanTheBarbarian (13173) 2 years ago

Sure. And I'd say that woman is a white Latino. But she told the women she is not white.

[–] AndyKing1967 (39861) 2 years ago

Perhaps his death was suicide: rather than accidental.

[–] jriley555 (8551) 2 years ago

She was most likely black out drunk, and the ugly slipped out. The way she kept walking away and turning around struck me as mean drunk body language.

[–] SilenceByWolf (1868) 2 years ago

Drinking often reveals a person's true character. "Liquid courage".

[–] jriley555 (8551) 2 years ago

The way I look at it is that we are a complex of light and dark impulses/notions, and the darker ones are generally somewhat repressed by functional people. Heavy inebriation loosens up those restraints. The lesser angels of our nature.

Also a strong bit of projection there, where a Mexican-American flexes upon another immigrant as an outsider/foreigner.

The Irish killed the Indians, The Jews killed the Palestinians. So it goes.

[–] ILJtheFirst (2139) 2 years ago

All ethnicities are very racist, it just depends if the individual wants to be more vocal about it or to be extreme.

[–] April-151-CT (10210) 2 years ago

Racism and prejudice is part of human nature. There's different degrees of it, but it's there and always will be. Because it's part of human nature. Even the mild form for instance only low class people shop at Walmart. That's a very common thought that people have. Or, only women are bad drivers etc. And then there's the extreme like what you saw in this video. But racism and prejudice will always be part of human nature, no matter what because it's ingrained and hardwired into us as human beings. And it's just like you said you could choose to be vocal about it, be extreme about it, or keep it to yourself or within your personal circle. And you can also choose and work hard not to be racist or prejudice against someone or something. But a degree of it will always exist within every human being.