Wall Street banker fired over viral video of him telling a Jewish American man to ‘go back to your country’

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[nickcarraway]

A Wall Street analyst has been fired after he was filmed telling a Jewish American to “go back to your country” while he also covered hostage posters with signs accusing Israel of being an “apartheid state” committing “genocide.”

Freepoint Commodities confirmed in a statement that the employee seen in a now-viral video “is no longer associated with” the company that “does not tolerate discrimination and hate speech directed against any group.” He was identified by journalist Andy Ngo as Kurush Mistry, which sources later also confirmed to the Financial Times.

The woman with him — who called Israelis “rapists” — was his partner, Shailja Gupta, the reports said. Ngo said the clip — which has already been viewed more than 6.5 million times — was filmed last Thursday at the intersection of 68th Street and Riverside Boulevard.

[moovova]

People are just nuts.

[CatOwner]

A lot of people are choosing sides now. How long before the uncontrolled violence takes place in the US?

[patriot torch]

reminds me of the comment made by Helen Thomas which led to her resignation/firing.

[chief lee runamok]

Wall Street banker fired over viral video of him telling a Jewish American man to ‘go back to your country’

How's that cancel culture working out for the rabid leftists.

[thegagline]

If you want to keep your job as a banker, it is not a good idea to attack the Jews or the Episcopalians. Especially the Episcopalians.

Most bankers dwell in marble halls,
Which they get to dwell in because they encourage deposits
and discourage withdrawals,
And particularly because they all observe one rule which woe
betides the banker who fails to heed it,
Which is you must never lend any money to anybody unless
they don’t need it.

Ogden Nash

[Dacula]

A lot of people are choosing sides now. How long before the uncontrolled violence takes place in the US?

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That is Biden’s plan for the upcoming election.

[Reverend Wright]

Let’s wait and see how this plays out before doing any victory laps.

My guess is this company gets hit with Federal, and maybe State job discrimination charges.

I’d like to be wrong, but I don’t think so.

Jews have just been expelled from the “Regime Friend Coalition”. So their enemies can expect to benefit from biased and preferential justice.

[Liz]

US-based journalist Andy Ngô on social media platform X showed a video clip of Kurush Mistry and his wife Shailja Gupta covering up photos of Israeli civilians kidnapped by the Hamas terror group. In the video, they can also be purportedly seen telling a Jewish man to “return to his country."

The clip further shows Shailja allegedly calling the man an “uneducated prick” after he said that he does not know of Palestine. She also reportedly stated that Jewish people were “r*pists.” The two-minute-long video has since gone viral, attracting more than two million views on microblogging site X.

Kurush Mistry is an alumnus of India’s top business management institution IIM Ahmedabad. He graduated in 2003. He also holds a certificate from The Institute of Chartered Accountants in India. He has a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Madras. He reportedly worked as an Oil Analyst at Freepoint Commodities before he got fired from the company. Without specifying the name of the employee, Freepoint Commodities, in a LinkedIn post said that the individual involved in a recent antisemitic incident is no longer with them.

Shailja Gupta’s official LinkedIn account states that she has been working as a visual artist, film-maker and emerging tech strategic consultant for the past 29 years. She is also the founder of Pocket Box Office, a company which specializes in “merchandising memorabilia,” “vinyl toy manufacturing” and “ai avatars based storytelling.” She has also worked as the head of marketing for various Bollywood films including Ra. One, Chennai Express, and Singham Returns amongst others.

[mac_truck]

People are just nuts.

The ones who think Israel is an apartheid state, or the ones posting flyers of missing Israelis all over Manhattan?

[Alberta's Child]

“Go back to your country.” — Kurush Mistry and Shailja Gupta

This reads like something from the Babylon Bee

[bimboeruption]

What do Dot Heads have against Jews?

[chief lee runamok]

"My guess is this company gets hit with Federal, and maybe State job
discrimination charges."

There are the corporations that announced no hires from the malicious
group(s) of ignorant student protestors.

[Liz]

Who knows?

[thegagline]

“Go back to your country.” —

To which the Jewish person responded in a Jackie Mason voice, “you want me to go back to Crown Heights?”

[DeplorablePaul]

karma is a witch

[Fledermaus]

Before? It’s everyday now.

[Pox]

I wanted to see what happened after the video ended. They guy taking the video seemed like he was ready to tear the man a new orifice when the video ended.

And the woman was a real piece of work as well. Filthy mouthed chick was just as anti-semitic as her man.

Indian's who hate Jews are just as common as Jew haters anywhere else in the world. It's a learned behavior that is easily contracted by those who are predisposed to hate in the first place.

[Fledermaus]

Muslims

[Reverend Wright]

Exactly. Let’s see what the legal consequences of such announcements are.

My guess, not good for those companies.

The Regime recognizes Friend / Enemy distinction. And acts accordingly.

Those students are part of the Regime “Friend Coalition”. They get protected by Regime legal mechanisms, including employment discrimination law.