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An Israeli diplomat in Chicago said he was thrown out of an Uber on Thursday night when the driver heard him speaking Hebrew.
Itay Milner, Israels deputy consul general in Chicago, posted on Facebook that it was one of the worst experiences of his life.
I was just thrown out of an Uber in the middle of the highway only because I answered my phone in my mother tongue, he posted.
He wrote that the driver also swore at him as he forced him out.
10 minutes into my ride and with no prior interaction between the driver and myself, it took only two words in Hebrew to get my driver [to] start yelling at me get the $#@* out of my car,' Milner wrote. When I asked him if its because Im speaking Hebrew he said yes and kept yelling at me to get out.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-diplomat-in-us-booted-from-uber-for-speaking-hebrew/
Behind the Aegis
(53,955 posts)Nitram
(22,794 posts)Mosby
(16,304 posts)Probably Indian, Hindu.
There is also a town in Turkey named Yuva.
Regardless, the guy is a bigot.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)And I might be an alien from Kandor.
People from Islamic countries are heavy into the uber/cab business and can identify Hebrew.
No need to contort ourselves to avoid the obvious.