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SAN FRANCISCO A San Francisco tour bus guide went on a bizarre racist tirade on her last day on the job that was captured on cell phone video and later posted to YouTube.
In her rant she insulted people in Chinatown. In part of the rant the tour guide stated, "When you come to America you gotta assimilate a little bit, OK? And here in America we don't eat turtles and frogs." People on the bus could be heard clapping.
During the rant the tour guide took swigs from a brown bottle, presumably alcohol. She bashed just about everything in Chinatown from its noise, to its laundry and even its dragons.
The reaction KTVU received about her tirade was mixed. KTVU found one woman who agreed with the rant, while another said the tour guide's musings were out of line and ignorant.
"It's definitely hurtful. I'm of Filipino Asian descent and don't tolerate ignorance really and for people in a bus to clap for something like that - that's really unbelievable," said Nesha Hill of San Francisco.
The supervisor of the district, David Chui, said he wanted an apology. He wanted the tourist bus company to come forward and the tour guide as well.
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/local/san-francisco-tour-guide-gives-racist-rant-targeti/nhqZp/
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)This is San Francisco, not Alabama.
bmac19gg
(96 posts)Condemning the disparagement of one group of people while being disparaging of another?
Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)And yes, she should apologize, not just for that, but for being rude and insulting in general.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)newfie11
(8,159 posts)I would want my money back. She had a captive audience for sure.
How shameful they clapped when they should have been boooooing!!!
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)Not to mention that frogs and turtles are very much a traditional American food.
ESPECIALLY of poor rural whites in the south and Appalachia.
Who are typically stereotyped as being ignorant and racist.
Which is also ignorant and racist.