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TexasTowelie

(112,167 posts)
Tue Feb 28, 2017, 06:45 AM Feb 2017

Customer at Irving Wal-Mart tells Hispanic employee to 'go to your own' country

A customer at an Irving Wal-Mart who complained "foreigners are living off of us good white working people" told a Hispanic employee that people like her should "go to your own countries" in a video circulating on social media.

The employee, who says she became a U.S. citizen 20 years ago after emigrating from El Salvador, said she began recording the video Thursday after the man said he wanted a white employee to assist him.

"It has hurt me a lot because we are working people. We pay our taxes. We have children who study in college," said Adela, who spoke on the condition that only her first name be used because she is concerned for her well-being.

Adela did not identify the man in the video, which was sent to The Dallas Morning News by a friend on Facebook who said Adela works at the Wal-Mart's optical center.

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/irving/2017/02/26/watch-customer-irving-wal-mart-tells-hispanicemployee-go-country

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Customer at Irving Wal-Mart tells Hispanic employee to 'go to your own' country (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2017 OP
Thank you Donald-- now they are encouraged even more. TreasonousBastard Feb 2017 #1
I'm (almost) speechless. PdxSean Feb 2017 #2
I don't know, TexasTowelie Feb 2017 #3
I'd say more than 50 years d_r Feb 2017 #4
geez!!!!!!! heaven05 Feb 2017 #5
I disagree. He's definitely not a 'good white' person. He's an sinkingfeeling Feb 2017 #6

PdxSean

(574 posts)
2. I'm (almost) speechless.
Tue Feb 28, 2017, 07:31 AM
Feb 2017

After spending a month in Australia, I'll return to Oregon in a few days and I'm not looking forward to the daily reminders of America's underside.

The scariest part about this guy is that he seems to truly believe what he spews. For 50 or so years, Republicans sewed seeds of racism and white supremacy; this guy represents the fruit of their labor.

I wonder what church he goes to.

TexasTowelie

(112,167 posts)
3. I don't know,
Tue Feb 28, 2017, 07:37 AM
Feb 2017

but what really concerns me is that I used to go that particular Walmart every once in awhile when I lived in Irving. I lived about three miles away from there.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
5. geez!!!!!!!
Tue Feb 28, 2017, 10:19 AM
Feb 2017

Last edited Tue Feb 28, 2017, 01:13 PM - Edit history (1)

at least every non-white can now stop the fantasy in thinking they were included in the fabric of american life upon the election of this racist administration....the only cultural fabric ameriKKKa now, is a white sheet with eyeholes.
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