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Riz Ahmed shares account of racism his brother faced in Australia

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LONDON: Actor Riz Ahmed on Tuesday shared an account highlighting the racism his brother faced on a recent trip to Australia.

Riz retweeted Kamran's post which read, "Man behind me: Hurry up! We can't wait all day.

Me (going fast as others): I can't go faster, learn some manners.

"Man: I'm an English gentleman, we invented manners.

Me: I'm English too, that's got.

Man (sarcastic): Really? #racism rears its ugly head again."

"The Night Of" star captioned the tweet, saying "My brother is a psychiatrist writing on mental health, music, racism landed in Australia and this is what happens to him. Just another example of #everydayracism." 

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