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‘You heard what I called you’: Karen refers to Puerto Rican woman as a ‘Damn Mexican’ at grocery store

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A racist Karen calls Puerto Rican TikToker @samanthaleearriaga a "damn Mexican" in a viral, new grocery store video.

The video, captioned "This is still going on in 2021," amassed over 299,000 views and 19,000 likes since posting three days ago.

https://www.tiktok.com/@samanthaleearriaga/video/7015052591088340230?is_copy_url=0&is_from_webapp=v1&sender_device=pc&sender_web_id=7006320911265039878

A text overlay states, "Encountering a racist Karen in Gaffney, South Carolina."

The 23-second video shows @samanthaleearriaga pushing a grocery cart and turning around to ask a lady behind her, "What did you call me?"

"You heard what I called you," the lady's voice responds.

"What did you say?" @sanamanthaleearriaga repeatedly asks until the lady finally repeats what she said.

"I don't have to repeat it twice... I called you a damn Mexican."

In two further videos posted yesterday and today respectively, @samanthaleearriaga clarifies that the lady had been yelling at her for putting rice water (which is a non-refrigerated product) back on the shelf rather than in the refrigerator.

https://www.tiktok.com/@samanthaleearriaga/video/7016336344918002949?is_copy_url=0&is_from_webapp=v1&sender_device=pc&sender_web_id=7006320911265039878

https://www.tiktok.com/@samanthaleearriaga/video/7016353218531740933?is_copy_url=0&is_from_webapp=v1&sender_device=pc&sender_web_id=7006320911265039878

Some of the 1,068 commenters thought @samanthaleearriaga was being too sensitive.

"Stop starting shit then using the race card," said @kevinramey1.

"Who started what?!," responded @samanthaleearriaga.

Others came to her defense and noted how common racism is in the South.

"I work at WALMART in Georgia and hear racist things from customers every day," said @taylorashlyn02.

"They act like that in Columbia, SC too," said @bg_foreign.

The Daily Dot reached out to @samanthaleearriaga for comment.

The post ‘You heard what I called you’: Karen refers to Puerto Rican woman as a ‘Damn Mexican’ at grocery store appeared first on The Daily Dot.


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