The filmmaker claims that the man told her, 'This is not Africa' before pushing her down the stairs
A South African tourist was hospitalised in Amsterdam after she was pushed down a flight of stairs in Amsterdam by her Airbnb host.
Filmmaker Sibalhe Nkumbi, who is studying in Europe, was in Amsterdam to review a friend?s art exhibition when the incident - which was caught on video ? took place on Saturday.
She was checking out of her Airbnb late when the host lost his temper and threw her down the stairs. He had been summoned by his wife.
She says that he called them ?you people? and said ?you are not the queen you think you are? this is not Africa.?Any person of colour that reads this and has witnessed racist attacks you know when it happens to you,? she says. ?And the perpetrator always makes sure they say something vague? so they can?t prove anything.
?If this had been a white person, I can guarantee you this would have turned out differently.?
?I don?t remember how it happened,? she says. ?I woke up in hospital, in pain. And then I got the video of the story. Everyone was freaking out, the police came to question me.?
Nkumbi says she sustained a concussion, has a large bump on the back of her head and is bruised across her face and body. On the video, she shows large bruises all over her arms that she says were caused by the man?s grip.http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/sibalhe-nkumbi-tourist-filmmaker-pushed-down-stairs-airbnb-host-amsterdam-racist-a7834376.html
