United Airlines has reportedly banned a woman from future travel on “the Friendly Skies” after a not-so-friendly racist encounter with an Indian-American family at Los Angeles International Airport.
“Tandoori Karen” Rages Against Insidan-Americans At Los Angeles International Airport After United Airlines Flight
A United flight from Cancun (CUN) to Los Angeles (LAX) landed at LAX after the closure of the Terminal 6 immigration facility, forcing a bus ride to the Tom Bradley International Terminal for passport control and US customs. It was on that bus that a woman became irritated by some kids she felt were making too much noise. She told them to “shut up” and the father took offense, telling her not to speak to his children that way.
Her response:
“Your family is from India, you have no respect for the rules, you think you can push everyone… that’s what you think you are. You guys are f*cking crazy.”
She then said, “I’m an American. You’re not.” She was corrected that the Indian-American family was American too, but she disagreed, stating, “Not originally.” Incensed that she was being recorded, she began recording herself and warned, “I’m going to record your f*cking tandoori a**… your tandoori stinky a**!” while sticking up her middle finger.
(hence the name Botox Tandoori Karen…)
A supervisor boarded the bus and the Indian-American family complained, as did others onboard, about the woman. She stepped off the bus to defend herself and another passenger took a moment to explain to the United supervisor that the woman was acting like she was intoxicated and using foul and racist language.
We later our told the woman was banned from United Airlines. Here’s the video:
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Do some Indians Americans have no respect for the rules and think they can push everyone? Sure. The same could be true of citizens of any country. It becomes racist when you reduce a whole race or nationality to being loutish.
It sounds like the woman was drunk, but it is in an inebriated state that the truth…the deep truth…often comes out.
Even if the children were total brats, you don’t engage them…you engage their parents if necessary. And you certainly don’t make gross generalizations about a whole group of people based on the actions of one or two (and for all we know here, the kids may have been well-behaved).
CONCLUSION
Yes, keep your children well-behaved (and parents know that is sometimes easier said than done, especially when they are put on a bus after a long flight). But even more importantly, don’t make a fool out of yourself by uttering gross generalizations about a group of people. Right, left, or center, it’s a horrible look. I am glad this was captured on video so she can be held accountable for expressing such disgusting rhetoric in public.
image: @ptaufiqphotogrpahy/Instagram // hat tip: View From The Wing
Tandoori ass Karen is going to stick forever LOL!
“loutish” is the word of the day. Tomorrow lets try “swinish” 🙂
Tom Bradley*
Do you have a proofreader? Looking for a side gig…
Use of the term Karen is racist and anti-American.
There’s more than one bad person here.
That may be – I’m not saying this Indian-American dude is right if his kids were screaming and running around, but there is no question Miss Tandoori Karen was out of line.
Spare me.
Behavior like this lately the state of the nation. There once was a time public actions such a this would have you arrested. Exposing children to such filth is inexcusable.
You mean the parents for letting their kids run amok and terrorize people around them with bad behavior? Sort of like the Walmart girl having a tantrum and destroying everything in her sight. I agree the language used by the Indian against the woman is racist and hateful. Karen is like the N word.
Karen is nothing like the N-word. Being a Karen is a behavioural choice. The N-word is primarily based on skin colour. You can discriminate against behaviour. You can’t discriminate against race/skin colour (at least not without consequences).
She sounds 100% correct. It’s always the same groups causing commotion and ruining every experience with their bad behavior and lack of parenting. People usually start filming the reaction but the not bad behavior on their part which caused the reaction.
India is a sewer. When they travel aboard they often bring their bad and loud behavior with them and expect people not to say anything. Give this woman a medal.
I’m sorry but kids of all groups and ethnicities are annoying which is why I chose to stay child free. Calling someone a “tandoori a**” in public is childish, uneducated, and most certainly not civilized in any sense of the word. Ignoring the fact that the response this woman had to this guy’s kids was racist, she should know how to behave in public and not be over-inebriated as a fully functioning adult. There is no medal to be given, and I will gladly fly united knowing that they do not tolerate people like her.
David Arnett. Have you ever visited India ( Before calling it a sewer) ? Come see us and I will show you beautiful places around. Hatred won’t take you anywhere.
Two visits to India done, the third one coming up in two weeks’ time. India is not full of white trash like the woman in the video.
25% of Indians defecate on the street in the open in India. 2024.
There are some nice sites like the Taj Mahal that aren’t Indian historically but the country is a disaster. China it is not.
Adrian,
You know nothing about India if you only know Tajmahal. I won’t engage with you anymore if you don’t have an open mind.
Trash isn’t only found on the streets but sometimes within our highly evolved brain as well.
Have you ever visited San Francisco downtown and Oakland ( To see trash and open drug usage, car break-in etc)? I don’t have to show you around the USA as you are a citizen ( I assume) and would know better.
I choose to see beautiful things that this country has to offer. Choice is yours.
*David
Yes, those cities are terrible because of third world populations. Let’s see what India, SF, Oakland have in common.
The Taj is the only thing worth visiting in India and it wasn’t even built for Indians. lol.
There are a lot of nice Indians and component Indian doctors who really excel and they’ll be honest India has big problems. Be honest about it. I visit NYC. It’s a disaster. The roads are a mess. Own it. The only reason people are defensive is if they are part of the problem.
Have a great day!
I’m not condoning the Karen’s behavior but I have found that most Indians have a huge superiority complex and tend to behave in a very entitled manner. Plenty of blame to go around here.
The most interesting part about this is that UA was able to ban someone after they physically arrived at their destination and stepped off the aircraft. I’m not sure if the shuttle was UA operated (or contracted by UA and thus they had jurisdiction) but I’m interested in the logistics behind it.
If she went on her disgusting tirade at the TBIT curbside, would UA still be within their grounds to ban her? What about if they were both in the airport parking garage together?
I’m sorry (and saying this as a childless cat dude), but regardless of ethnicity, kids are going to be kids. If the flight landed late enough that they had to be bussed to TBIT to go through customs, that means the flight was clearly delayed on top of it being very late in LA and even later in CUN where the kids came from. Parents (and the kids) can only do their best in these situations (as Matt is more than aware of after his trip with Augustine) but this was a recipe for a child meltdown (and also clearly for an adult meltdown in Tandoori Karen’s case).
I have zero empathy for this woman. Unless the kids were physically affecting her, politely ask the parents to deal with the kids or suck it up. She was clearly also frustrated and cranky about the delay (and probably at least a little tipsy) and instead of handling it like a grownup, she decided to launch into a racist tirade against the family.
Even if the parents could have handled their kids better, we have all been in that travel situation where things go awry and keep getting worse and you are just exhausted and need to grit your teeth and get through it. It sucks, I get it, but no need to take it out on others who are dealing with the same bad situation as you are.
Typical woke America.
Ban anyone who says something that you disagree with.
This would never happen in India. You can abuse anyone you want and you’ll either be lynched or ignored, but not banned.
I’m sure “Karen” has a real name and it’ll come out pretty soon, as well as her place of employment. Then she’s going to get all sobby, apologize profusely and explain how she’s not a racist, her best friend’s second cousin is an (insert your ethnicity of choice), etc. But a drunk woman’s words is a sober woman’s thoughts.
And yet it’s perfectly OK for non white Hawaiians,of which very few are predominately of Hawaiian heritage,to use the anti white slur “haole”, usually embellished with words like goddamn,etc.Knew a woman who sent her kids back to the mainland for schooling because they were blonde and developing neurological disorders from all the aloha spirit bullying at school.This double standard garbage is one reason why Trump is back in office soon.
But Indians are the worst though.
This has nothing to do with the airlines or with aviation. But its sad that people have to act like that.