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Ex-MTV VJ Belinda Panelo endures racist rant in California

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ABS-CBN North America News Bureau

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Dz35Lh2yrI?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Former MTV VJ and model became a target of a racist rant in the Southern California city of Playa Vista.</p><p>Belinda Panelo was out getting coffee when a woman began questioning what race she was.</p><p>Panelo then recorded the racist rant.</p><p>In the video, Panelo can be heard calmly telling the unidentified woman that she bought coffee.</p><p>Panelo, whose son was with her at the time of the rant, told Balitang America that she and her son are doing fine after the incident.</p><p>She said Filipinos should be unfazed and that they can be active in their respective communities, participate in civic society, and educate themselves. </p><div><strong>Read more on <a href="https://balitangamerica.tv">Balitang America:</a></strong><br/> </div>

<p>Former MTV VJ and model became a target of a racist rant in the Southern California city of Playa Vista.<br /> </p>

Former MTV VJ and model became a target of a racist rant in the Southern California city of Playa Vista.