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A white woman was caught on video using racial slurs to attack a family as they were moving into their new home. A video of the incident, which was said to have occurred in Michigan, was shared on Twitter over the weekend.
In the video, the white woman accuses her new neighbors of breaking the law by moving into their home after dark. Youve been screaming since what time? the woman complains. You just moved in.
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You all are n****rs makings a scene! the white woman exclaims.
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N****rs waking me up at 3:30! the white woman says. Ive got a phone too. Im using it to call the cops.
The woman was identified on social media as Jessica Evans.
Link to tweet
Read more:
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/watch-white-woman-shouts-racial-slurs-and-threatens-to-call-police-as-family-moves-into-new-home/
LakeArenal
(28,816 posts)Please identify her. She needs to find out what she is to the real world.
brush
(53,764 posts)Mosby
(16,298 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,183 posts)gulliver
(13,180 posts)Right down to the dogcatcher.
Alex4Martinez
(2,193 posts)Hatred that has been there all along.
pnwest
(3,266 posts)the racial slurs) if my neighbors were moving in and woke me up at 3:30 am, too. Thats just not cool.
SouthernCal_Dem
(852 posts)She used the n-word more than any other word.
An obvious racist.
pnwest
(3,266 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)The neighborly thing to do would be to make a pot of coffee and help them
carry boxes. So you lose a bit of sleep. She burnt the bridge between them in the
first meeting.
tavernier
(12,376 posts)I would definitely be calling somebody if there were people moving in next to me at 3 AM and apparently making a lot of noise while doing so.
This only proves that there are horrible racist people and that there are horrible inconsiderate people. I wouldnt want to live next to any of them.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)The racial slurs were the whole point of showing this video.
TeamPooka
(24,220 posts)Sorry for the inconvenience.
gollygee
(22,336 posts)And she was the one making the noise.
And the racial slur is the issue. If she'd come out and said, "Welcome, new neighbors! I'm still trying to sleep - do you mind keeping the noise down a little?" things might have gone differently. But there are no laws about when people can move in, and she claimed it's illegal and threatened to call the cops, and she used a racial slur over and over again.
I understand being uncomfortable and all, but we don't need to call the police over being uncomfortable.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)How bizarre.
In fact, the person states they had moved in four days prior in a different tweet. They weren't moving in at that hour.
Of course, had you not quickly decided to side with the woman throwing around the n-word, and stepped back and asked if they were moving in at that hour, maybe you wouldn't have come across believing the words of someone who is clearly not right in the head.
Demsrule86
(68,543 posts)doc03
(35,324 posts)calling them n---s.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,321 posts)before.
missingthebigdog
(1,233 posts)Local truck rental is by the day; you rent as early as you can and the truck has to be back the next morning.
Around here, at the end of the month, you cant even rent a truck unless you agree to return it the same day.
marybourg
(12,611 posts)the sensible response would be to put a pillow over your head and try to go back to sleep. And not bring them a casserole.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)Not a good look
cagefreesoylentgreen
(838 posts)I used to work a graveyard shift so I was up and wide awake at those hours. But when I moved last year I only took small boxes I could carry, and saved moving the furniture and other heavy things for later in the day.
I was also moving to a single family home. I admit moving at graveyard hours in an apartment or condo complex at those hours is pretty inconsiderate though. That doesnt appear to be the case here judging by the neighborhood.
Plus, Im in Las Vegas. If youre going to move house during the summer, 2AM is the time to do it.
TheBlackAdder
(28,183 posts).
There are probably dozens of things that wake us up each and every year, and this is a one-time event.
Best would be to go over there, introduce yourself and offer to lend a hand.
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gollygee
(22,336 posts)There could be a lot of reasons. People get uncomfortable, and yes it's disappointing to get woken up, but that's no excuse for racial slurs or threatening to call the police. People move in once. It's a one-time thing.
Edit: it sounds like they might be annoying neighbors but that doesn't make using that language acceptable. Go over and talk to them during the day or something.
haele
(12,646 posts)So, I was moving about fifty smaller boxes from one apartment 15 miles away from the new house in a small car by myself between 8pm and 4am on a Thursday.night. Took Friday off to clean and dropped the keys off at the property manager that afternoon, dog tired and barely coherent.
I tried to be as quiet as possible, but still, I probably annoyed most of my former neighbors.
But at least back then, people weren't so emotionally threatened being seen practicing political correctness and we're willing to put up with being inconvenienced by a neighbor who was moving. After all, they knew they could be doing the same a few months later, and treated me with the same respect they would have wanted.
Haele
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)uponit7771
(90,335 posts)Phoenix61
(17,000 posts)What if they have been raising hell every night since they moved in a week ago? I get shes a right-winger and calling anyone the n-word,white or black, is racist. Should she have called the cops on them for noise ordinance violation?
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)Should they have moved in at night to try to keep her from murdering them?
Since were doing hypotheticals, you know.
Phoenix61
(17,000 posts)handle it? The people moving in are white.
Voltaire2
(13,006 posts)white people to post ridiculous hypotheticals to justify her obvious blatant racism?
Response to Phoenix61 (Reply #16)
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gollygee
(22,336 posts)because they just moved in.
Response to gollygee (Reply #36)
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LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)What if they have been polite, civil and without fault every night since they moved in a week ago? Is the neighbor still a tool?
Since we're pretending and all...
But I get it... we often have to throw the worst possible implications possible onto the story to better validate our own biases.
Phoenix61
(17,000 posts)since they moved in. Thats not my bias. Thats what she said. So, what would you do?
Demsrule86
(68,543 posts)neighbors probably keeps the old racist up.
Phoenix61
(17,000 posts)Just as bad either way.
Demsrule86
(68,543 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)And even if she is, her behavior is justified.
It seems like only yesterday - because it was - that people here attacked a black man for harrasment and even said he should have been arrested because he simply FOLLOWED a white woman home after she flipped him off and called him "nigg-r."
Apparently, for some people on DU, being awakened by someone moving in the middle of the night is justification for being harangued and called racial slurs but someone being harangued and called racial slurs should just shut up and go home and if they don't, that's justification for someone to cower, fall out in their driveway and claim they're being assaulted.
Phoenix61
(17,000 posts)I asked a question.
Demsrule86
(68,543 posts)Phoenix61
(17,000 posts)or the other about when they moved in.
Demsrule86
(68,543 posts)mcar
(42,300 posts)Response to SouthernCal_Dem (Original post)
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Maru Kitteh
(28,337 posts)being seen under the ugliest fucking pajamas they had at WalMart, lady.
blogslut
(37,997 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,337 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,515 posts)about looking like a storm at sea as she walked.
As you notice, as she gathered up her butt and flounced back toward her house, only then could she lower her arms, since no one could see her from the front.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)"looking like a storm at sea" ...
"gathered up her butt and flounced back toward her house"
You certainly have a way with words!
Judi Lynn
(160,515 posts)Like putting a bell on a rowdy cat.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Lol.
gollygee
(22,336 posts)Not just the south, folks.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)by people moving in at night.
Wow.
Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,752 posts)so there's no confusion. Really would appreciate a constructive discussion on how to handle certain urban situations given the new (TO SOME OF US!!!!!) reality. Of course lady yelling n word repeatedly in jammies is racist, inexcusable. Thought it went without saying.
PTWB
(4,131 posts)If they become a nuisance, report their activities to the police or the HOA (if youre lucky enough to have one). Keep it civil and anonymous.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)It was white people moving in.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)So the woman yelling "N-gg--rs!" at them wasn't racist?
My bad.
P.S. I'm not a Dude.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Do you need me to include clips?
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Never mind. I forgot who I was conversing with ...
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Give up. We see you.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Electric grid down yet?
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)... with an added consequence than my OP months ago.
Yeah, ... listen to the "been there's" not the know it alls k?
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)No comment on the grammar.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)gollygee
(22,336 posts)save some time to look up linguistic oppression.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)I think your Freudian slip is showing again.
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gollygee
(22,336 posts)Language used within a group can communicate something different than language used from someone outside of that group. If someone within that group uses that word, they are communicating that the are part of the same community and have both lived under the same conditions. A white person isn't communicating that they are part of the same community when they use that word.
Read a book or something.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)You want that word to go away? Stop using it. It is a hateful and hate filled word, and I could post numerous clips of that. This word should be eradicated and not used as a name for a friend. Yuck.
Demsrule86
(68,543 posts)uponit7771
(90,335 posts)... group entitled assholes want us to.
The entitled in-group assholes can go fuck themselves
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)uponit7771
(90,335 posts)Demsrule86
(68,543 posts)Voltaire2
(13,006 posts)Demsrule86
(68,543 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,515 posts)Really odd seeing conspicuous racists insisting they are progressive, isn't it?
Clusters of them stomp their way here, always making sure they get a kick in for the hate-fueled racists before attracting too much personal attention.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)to play "Let's Rationalize The Racism as Something Else..."
Once or twice maybe simply poor wording, but when done with such consistency in post after post, the obvious patterns become simply too hard to deny.
Demsrule86
(68,543 posts)Do they hear themselves? I would not expect this site to have such members ...some have used racist memes to excuse the use of the ' N' word by a racist white woman.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Gotcha.
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)And anyone who DOES fit that description doesnt need to be on DU and, if they are, they SHOULD be attacked.
mcar
(42,300 posts)but I always am.
I've been here since early 2002. Nothing should surprise me by now.
Demsrule86
(68,543 posts)once...ate a bar of Dial soap. She is a racist. pure and simple. I might be irritable if I was awakened but honestly, I would probably put the TV on and ignore it...one thing I do know if I complained there would be no 'N' word...there is never an excuse for such racist language.
Blasphemer
(3,261 posts)For those unfamiliar with her, she is an actress (most known for the TV show "Glee" ). It is well known in Hollywood (and she does not dispute this part) that she is a horrible person, who belittles, hazes, and generally mistreats her coworkers in very brutal ways. Several Black former co-workers called out behaviors that were aimed at them. One actress "defended" Lea Michele by saying that she's not racist, just horrible to everyone. I think the truth of the matter is that even though she was generally a miserable human being, she likely took out her ire most severely on those who were the most powerless. It's just one manifestation of internalized racism and white supremacy.
In this case, you have a White woman attacking White neighbors using racial slurs. Why? She was upset and inconvenienced in some way and her first instinct was to blame Black people, even though no one involved (as far as we know) was Black. Whatever anger lives inside of her becomes directed toward those most oppressed by society, even where they are utterly blameless. Indeed, the racial hierarchy was created so that Black people would bear the brunt of all social ills. If the world is such that someone must suffer, let's make sure it is people who are not like us. This woman's suffering upended the norms of racial contract. She's not supposed to be suffering, after all. Suffering is for "them." This is why, for me, the Karen phenomenon is not just about the overtly racist Karens. It's about privilege and white supremacy in its many forms. It doesn't matter that this woman was inconvenienced, it doesn't even matter what the race of her targets was (though, I'm sure her reaction would have been much worse if they were Black). What matters is the "why" of her behavior. That's where the work we must do as a society lives.