A Toronto model says her Uber driver kicked her out of the vehicle into the dark night because she was Jewish.

“What happened isn’t just an unpleasant moment. It’s a reminder of why speaking up matters,” Miriam Mattova, 33, told National Post. “And discrimination must be met with accountability, not silence.”

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Mattova is a Jewish Slovakian-Canadian model and former Miss Slovakia. She said the incident occurred just after midnight on Nov. 30. Her friend ordered her an Uber so she could get home. After she got into the car, she FaceTimed another friend and was “speaking casually” about a recent trip to Israel a few weeks prior.

The female Uber driver slammed on the brakes, said Mattova, and told her to get out of the car at a busy intersection.

When Mattova questioned

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