Sikh TikTok influencer decries racism for being asked to leave gym while wearing dagger
Gurpartap Singh Khalsa, a Sikh TikTok influencer, has gone viral for alleging he was “racially singled out” by a Goodlife Fitness employee who asked him to leave due to having a weapon on his person.
A Sikh influencer on TikTok has gone viral after recording an interaction with a Goodlife Fitness employee and alleging that the employee had “racially singled” him out after she asked him to leave the gym due to him wearing a ceremonial dagger while working out.
Gurpartap Singh Khalsa posted the video on Wednesday, decrying racism after the employee at the Windsor Douglas Goodlife Fitness centre in Windsor Douglas told him to leave for bringing a weapon into the gym.
The video shows “Khalsa” arguing with the employee who was alerted to the weapon after a customer raised concerns about their safety.
The TikToker mocked the staff member attempting to clarify whether she was “scared” he was going to “kill somebody” with his “religious symbol.” This comes nearly two months after the murder trial of a Sikh man in the U.K, Vickrum Digwa, who murdered teenager Henry Nowak with a Kirpan, a Sikh religious dagger.
