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LAS VEGAS, NV, September 25, 2026: Indian travel vlogger Paramvir Singh Beniwal, popularly known as Passenger Paramvir, turned an apparent attempt to mock him with a racial stereotype into a viral moment after confronting a group of livestreamers on a Las Vegas street.
The encounter took place on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas on the night of Sept. 19, as Beniwal was walking with his friend Vikram. The group approached the two men and initially appeared friendly, according to Beniwal’s account and video of the exchange.
The conversation soon took a different turn.
One of the men claimed that someone in the group owned 73 7-Eleven stores across the United States and offered Beniwal a job as a clerk. When the men continued talking about the supposed job, including an hourly wage of about $12 and its benefits, Beniwal recognized the comments as a reference to a stereotype associating Indians with convenience-store jobs.
“You guys look too poor for me to work for you guys,” Beniwal responded.
When the group persisted, Beniwal turned the exchange back on one of the men, telling him to invest the money in a “real chain” rather than the jewelry he was wearing.
Beniwal later told his viewers that his friend initially did not understand the meaning behind the 7-Eleven references. He said he realized the men were using a racial stereotype and believed they were attempting to provoke him while livestreaming the encounter.
“They call us 7-11 as mostly Indians work as cashiers in those stores,” Beniwal said, explaining why he did not consider the exchange an innocent joke. He described it instead as a racist attack.
The incident was included in Beniwal’s video, Attacked in the World’s Entertainment Capital, which he posted to his Passenger Paramvir YouTube channel on Sept. 22. The video quickly went viral, surpassing 3.2 million views by Sept. 24, according to a Las Vegas report.
In the video, Beniwal also reflected on what he described as “soft racism” directed at Indians, including stereotypes that Indians work as Uber drivers or convenience-store cashiers. He said he had become accustomed to such remarks during his travels and was glad he had an opportunity to respond directly.
Beniwal is an Indian travel content creator whose videos document his journeys around the world. His website says his goal is to visit all 197 countries and share the people, places and experiences he encounters along the way.
The identity of the men in the Las Vegas encounter has not been independently confirmed. Social media users have identified one participant as a streamer known as ForeignxPrime, but Beniwal did not identify him by name in the video, according to reports.
The incident has generated widespread discussion online, with viewers focusing not only on Beniwal’s comeback but also on the racial stereotypes underlying the exchange.
For Beniwal, the episode became another part of documenting travel as he experiences it, including encounters that are considerably less welcoming than the destinations he sets out to explore.
Cover photo courtesy: Paramvir Singh Beniwal/Instagram.
