DALLAS (Diya TV) — A viral post on X sparked a heated online debate after a user accused the State Bank of Texas and its Indian-origin founder, Chan Patel, of favoring Indians through business lending. The post, shared by Pamela Hensley, alleged that the bank helps only Indian borrowers and contributes to what she described as Indian dominance in Texas’ hotel industry.
The claims arrived amid a broader rise in online hostility toward Indians in the United States. While some users supported Hensley’s remarks, many others pushed back, calling the accusations misleading and rooted in resentment rather than facts.
Hensley’s post claimed that the State Bank of Texas is run entirely by an all-Indian leadership team and funnels Small Business Administration loans almost exclusively to Indians. She further alleged that Indian hotel owners now control 89% of hotel properties in Texas and argued that Americans were being exploited “on their own soil.”…