They
Said
We
Were
'Fresh
Off
The
Boat'
"I
don't
understand
what
triggered
it
as
I
was
polite,
but
he
turned
rude.
One
of
the
employees,
an
African-American,
said
that
we
looked
as
if
we
were
fresh
off
the
boat
and
couldn't
speak
English.
That
was
insulting
and
blatantly
racist.
My
friends
and
I
were
shocked.
It's
traumatic
to
experience
this
kind
of
racism
in
the
US;
I
have
never
faced
it
earlier,"
said
Tanishaa
to
MidDay.
The
Hotel
Officials
Were
Of
No
Help
Tanishaa
said
that
she
approached
the
hotel
authorities
for
help
but
no
one
seems
to
be
care
about
what
she
had
to
face.
"I
told
them
to
call
the
cops,
but
they
refused
to
do
so,"
she
said.
I
Was
Trying
To
Record
The
Ordeal
On
My
Camera,
Says
Tanishaa
"I
was
trying
to
record
the
incident
on
my
camera.
The
video
I
posted
online
ends
abruptly
because
the
guy
stopped
me
and
told
me
to
switch
my
recorder
off."
America
Was
Supposed
To
Be
The
Land
Of
Liberty
"It's
unfortunate
when
you
experience
something
like
this
in
a
land
that
stands
for
rights
and
liberty.
I
am
saddened
that
an
African-American
behaved
like
this,
considering
they
have
experienced
discrimination
themselves,"
Tanishaa
summed
it
up.