( Fighting racism ) Hotel worker denies woman service after she called him the N-word

[BeckyDem]

Link to tweet

( Love the phrase: "It's above me now." LOL )





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[live love laugh]

1. "It's above me now." LOL

[BeckyDem]

2. It is sooo perfect, right? omg

[LakeArenal]

3. Please rec and get to greatest Page.

[raging moderate]

4. Thank you, Sir. You spoke for many fellow Americans.

Now we must have your back, if necessary!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Having a "horrible" day is zero excuse for

that kind of language. Good for that young man standing his ground.

[PatSeg]

13. Yes, I've had my share of horrible days

but that word didn't come out of my mouth. It wouldn't even enter my mind.

[SunSeeker]

14. Right? If it's not in you, it won't come out.

Having a bad day or losing your grandma does not turn you into a raging racist.

[PatSeg]

18. That's a good way to say it

"If it's not in you, it won't come out."

[BeckyDem]

20. Exactly, Pat. If you don't harbor hate it is not going to sprout out of you.

She was looking for a scapegoat.

[PatSeg]

22. It must be ingrained deeply

to come out of her mouth so easily and I'll bet that as soon as he was out of sight, she said it again because she wasn't able to get her way.

[nature-lover]

6. Good for him!

[kimbutgar]

7. I hope he doesn't lose his job for not letting the women stay there

And gets back up from management.

[mucifer]

23. No way that would happen there would

be huge boycotts.

It’s already viral.

[intheflow]

8. Fantastic example of nonviolent communication.

Like, has he has training in deescalation techniques? Amazing poise and responses to the woman’s faux apology. I hope management backs him up. SCOTUS says we don’t have to serve people who have different beliefs and lifestyles, and a white person calling a Black person the n-word indicates they have different beliefs and lifestyles from the best of humanity.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Good post. . . nt

[dalton99a]

9. Kick

[oldsoftie]

11. Soooo WTH does your grandma dying have to do with calling him that???

[CrispyQ]

12. "I understand, but it's above me." A most excellent response!

What a remarkable young man! Cool, collected, composed.

[SunSeeker]

15. They weren't even arguing when she called him the n-word.

He had just taken her credit card info to book the room, but had not hung up yet, when she called him that as she was hanging up!

Link to tweet

[Trueblue Texan]

16. She didn't call him that just because she had a bad day...

...she had a bad day and lost control of herself allowing her racism to be revealed. Too bad, too sad. Hopefully she'll learn from her mistakes, but probably not.

[Historic NY]

17. Its from 2019 but there is the whole story

https://www.yahoo.com/video/black-hotel-employees-response-to-woman-who-calls-him-the-nword-goes-viral-213553762.html]

[BeckyDem]

19. Thank you!

I did not know the date, and appreciate you posting the entire story.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. Boo Hoo

[Oopsie Daisy]

24. Great video and response. But what is the meaning of "it's above me now". That's new to me.

Is it to suggest that it's in the hands of God? Or is he suggesting that it's a management decision and he's just a clerk? Or is it a swipe back at the woman by letting her know that he's above her racism?

Can this phrase be used in other situations?

[BeckyDem]

26. Urban dictionary:

It means that it's not my problem, I don't care, or i'm over it.

[Oopsie Daisy]

27. Thanks! 👍

That's a new one for me.

[Oopsie Daisy]

25. Despite her "sincere apology" I imagine she ended up using that word again when she retold her story

Despite her "sincere apology" I imagine she ended up using that word again when she retold her story to her relatives or to the clerk next door at the Best Western.