Showing posts with label Mahendra Patel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mahendra Patel. Show all posts

Monday, April 28, 2025

This Is Why We Speak Up: Caroline Miller’s Racism Toward Mahendra Patel


Racism is alive and well, and once again, it’s shown its ugly face in the form of Caroline Miller. Recently, a video is trending on social media of an incident involving Caroline Miller and Mahendra Patel has quickly drawn attention online for all the wrong reasons. Can you guess who's on the receiving end of this vitriolic behavior?

Mahendra Patel, a 56-year-old Gujarati Indian man and pillar of the community, who has lived in the United States since 1990, walked into a Walmart in Georgia on March 18, 2025, to purchase some Tylenol for his elderly mother. Little did he know that this encounter with a horrible woman would land him in jail for allegedly trying to abduct her son 3 days later. He walked by and asked her if she knew where the OTC medicine was located in the store. As she was seated in a motorized wheelchair, fully able-bodied, with her son in her lap, she almost dropped him. Mr. Patel reached out to help so the child wouldn't get hurt because he thought she was disabled. After Mr. Patel walked off, she proceeded to back up and ran over her older child's foot with the motorized wheelchair. Essentially, she was on the scooter because her kids wanted to try it, taking the opportunity away from someone who actually needed to use it. As he is walking out of the store after making his purchase, he sees her again, waving at her and letting her know that he found the Tylenol. 

The police used surveillance footage from when Mr. Patel was checking out to get his receipt details and used that information to find and arrest him. Mr. Patel wasn't even granted a preliminary hearing where his lawyer could provide evidence that contradicted Caroline's claims. Instead, they moved straight to indictment with no bond. His bond hearing was delayed to May 6th, 2025. So this poor man has been sitting in jail for over a month, even though there is evidence that proves he is innocent. People who live in Cobb County are sharing horror stories of the violent acts of aggression by the police/guards that go on in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center. It was recently reported that the death of a homeless woman, who had been held since January 2025, occurred while she was in custody at the same jail.

If he is convicted, he could get 25 years in jail. My heart breaks for him and his family. He will never be the same after this situation. I hope he sues the city, the jail, and Caroline. 

Now, this vile person below is Caroline Miller, the racist individual with a history of crying wolf. Back in 2019, she sued Lyft, claiming she was allegedly sexually assaulted by the driver. The "offender" just got a disorderly conduct charge, which makes me suspicious of her claims. I am in no way saying that it didn't happen; however, the court records don't line up. Unfortunately, if this is the case, women like her make it hard for women who are actual victims to be taken seriously and believed. 

In a news interview, you can see her persuasively asking her son, "Did someone try to take you from Mommy?", knowing damn well he doesn't have the cognitive functioning ability to truly understand what she is asking or implying. This is how hate and ignorance are bred, spewed, and repeated. Hate isn't born, it is taught by the likes of people like Caroline Miller. At this point, CPS should take her children away because she is a danger to them.

And white women wonder why no one really wants to befriend, engage, or deal with them. It could literally cost you your freedom and/or your life. I heard a quote that really resonated with the essence of white women, specifically MAGA women - "White women are the men of women." 


This isn’t just about one woman’s hateful actions; it's about the pattern of racial abuse that too many immigrants and people of color face in public spaces. Mahender Patel's experience echoes across the country, where casual racism often goes unchecked.

People are no longer staying silent, and that’s how accountability begins.

Moments like this highlight the urgent need for education, empathy, and real conversations about racism. Caroline Miller may have thought she could get away with spewing hate, but the internet doesn’t forget. And neither should we. This isn’t about “cancel culture.” It’s about consequences. It’s about calling out behavior that has no place in a respectful society.

To Mahendra Patel and to anyone who is part of the GLOBAL MAJORITY that has ever been the target of racial abuse, you deserve better. And to everyone else: silence is taking the side of complicity. Speak up when you see hate. Unfortunately, we as BIPOC have been in some variation of this type of situation. I know I would want someone to stand up for me if I were in a similar predicament, so I should do the same. 

Here are some ways you can support:
  1. Share this post
  2. Add your name to the Change.org petition the family put together
  3. Reach out to the Cobb County District Attorney at 770-528-3080 (though they are ignoring calls)
  4. Donate to the family's fundraiser
  5. Contact the CEO of Insight Global, Bert Bean, about her unethical behavior (she deleted her LinkedIn profile)
What are your thoughts on the incident?

Until next time,

Sharon

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