Was assaulted today at
Drive Test #Kitchener by a woman who kept spewing racist hate against "f$@king brown people" when asked to wait in line. When I told her this was not OK, she came up to my face to threaten me. That's when people (and I) started recording her. A thread...
I started recording when she began getting exceedingly aggressive & menacing against me..../2
I was in a state of shock after being hit...quite literally ...but also shocked that this could happen to me- a vocal, professional advocate against #hate, #racism and #Islamophobia. This is literally what we do at the @CMW_KW2010 - We help victims report hate & get supports /3
I was shaking all over. I called 911 and @WRPSToday and am waiting to give my statement/ 4
This is me- we literally train people on how to be active bystanders and how to counter racism...and yet here I was - I was caught completely off guard when I was hit by this woman 🥺