{
  "id": 6558672,
  "title": "‘Get off our roads, Mr Singh’: US poster sparks racism row",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/get-off-our-roads-mr-singh-us-poster-sparks-racism-row",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T07:02:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/get-off-our-roads-mr-singh-us-poster-sparks-racism-row-1.500669450"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) poster, posted on social media by the agency's official account, has sparked accusations of racism and stereotyping. The graphic, styled as a movie poster titled \"Transformers: Age of Deportations,\" depicted an Indian-origin truck driver referred to as \"Mr Singh\" and was intended to target undocumented immigrants. The poster urged Americans to \"get off our roads; you don’t know how to drive, Mr Singh\" and urged undocumented immigrants to \"self-deport.\" Critics, including Sikh and South Asian Americans, accused the DHS of reinforcing racial stereotypes and unfairly targeting a community with a significant presence in the US trucking industry. The DHS has not indicated that the poster refers to a specific individual named Singh, but civil rights advocates argue that the imagery singles out a broader ethnic and religious community in a dehumanizing manner.",
  "summary": "The AI-generated ‘Transformers’ graphic targeting a fictionalized Indian-origin truck driver has drawn accusations of racism and stereotyping. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is facing backlash over an AI-generated, ‘Transformers’-style poster that targets an Indian-origin truck driver referred to as “Mr Singh” as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}