A Calgary Uber driver is alerting others about a racially motivated incident that occurred in his vehicle last month after picking up a passenger.

Everything was caught on camera.

The interaction begins with a friendly greeting from the passenger.

“Thank you for picking me up,” he tells Mandeep Sehgal, who has been driving Uber for three years, two of them in Calgary.

But then it turned into an interrogation about Sehgal’s immigration status, where he’s from and whether he plans to marry a “white girl.”

“I am white blood of the land. You are in my land. I am the blood of the land. Punjabi, Indian, you are not even close to being here,” the passenger said.

“I was laughing,” Sehgal said of his initial reaction.

“I thought he was joking. And I understand these types of people, they try to be ignorant, they spread racism.”

Sehgal picked up the man at a home on 32nd Street in Foothills County, north of Okotoks, on Sept. 21 around 9:15 p.m.

The man says he was born and raised in Calgary.

The ride lasted about three minutes before Sehgal kicked out the passenger.

“You can leave here on your land. Thank you very much,” Sehgal told the passenger.

“He came out and was literally shaking.

“He was trying to defend himself. No, brother, you crossed the line and I won’t tolerate this.”

Sehgal is from India but has lived in Canada for seven years.

Their children were born here.

He says he posted the video on social media the day after the incident, but it has only gained traction in the last month, going viral and viewed around the world.

“If you have to prove that you belong here, it’s kind of disrespectful,” he said.

Stop Hate Alberta says these types of events can be a precursor to something much worse.

“Racism does not only manifest itself in strong and harsh acts of violence that are considered criminal,” said executive director Nina Saini.

“There are also all these hate incidents happening that kind of perpetuate the reality of what can become a hate crime.”

Okotoks RCMP are investigating, but RCMP admit it does not appear to be a criminal offence.

“There’s not a lot of crime here,” said Alberta RCMP Cpl. Troy Savinkoff.

“It is a horrible incident, but it does not necessarily comply with the Penal Code.”

“This to me is an indication of a preliminary step towards what can worsen and escalate,” Saini said.

RCMP are also warning the public that the location where this incident occurred is not the passenger’s home.

The owners have reported to the police that they are being harassed and threatened.

“This third party really had nothing to do with the tirade itself… They are not associated with this incident,” Savinkoff said.

Sehgal says he has a message for the man.

“I still see good in him,” he said.

“I’m still hopeful that he realizes he did what he did and I hope he doesn’t repeat it with anyone else.”

Uber initially sent him an email saying that a user reported a privacy issue.

“Our community guidelines do not allow the use of personal information for any reason other than completing trips,” the email said.

“Streaming audio, video recordings, or a person’s image may result in loss of access to Uber.”

After the video was released, Uber apologized to Sehgal.

The company issued a statement that it will not accept discrimination.

“Everyone deserves to feel safe, welcome and respected when using Uber,” a company spokesperson said.

“Hate has no place in our society and we do not tolerate discrimination. We have been in contact with the driver and have removed him from the platform.”