A viral video on Twitter shows an Oregon woman spewing anti-Asian comments at a couple, telling them to ‘go back to Philippines’ before dropping the N-word.
What happened: The video, posted by Twitter user @davenewworld_2 on July 13, starts off mid-argument between a white couple and the people filming the encounter.
Anti-Asian racist in Oregon says “you should go back to Phillipines where you belong” followed by the n-word pic.twitter.com/vHgjebZ6jY
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) July 13, 2021
- YouTuber Joseph Morris claims the woman is Shauna Nicol Foreman, and that the two parties reportedly got into a dispute over the loudness while caring for their lawn.
- “He lied about his mom — you know what, you little b**ch? Are you recording me? Because you did not tell me you were recording me,” Foreman said.
- The man taking the video informed her that she is “being recorded,” adding, “I can record you.”
- “You cannot record me without telling me,” Foreman replies. “Welcome to Oregon. Maybe you should go back to Philippines, where you belong.”
- Oregon law states: “It is legal to record telephone conversations with the consent of at least one party, but recording in-person conversations requires the consent of all parties except for in certain circumstances, such as when all parties reasonably should have known they were being recorded.”
- Foreman then calls the couple the N-word after spewing anti-Asian sentiment at them.
- The videographer informed Foreman that the video would go online, to which she replied, “I don’t care. [Unintelligible] calls him a white n****r every day” while pointing to the man in the olive T-shirt.
- When confronted, the man in the olive shirt tries to distance himself from Foreman and told the couple he did not say the N-word.
Mixed reactions: The video received mixed reactions online, with some users criticizing @davenewworld_2 for not providing context.
Steven Spielberg called in sick so this cameraman is all we had on short notice. Had I known someone of your prominence would be screening the footage, I would’ve asked the racist to start the argument over so you can get the entire context and feel better about judging them.
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) July 13, 2021
Are the people racist? Yes. Did the people videoing it bait them? Damn straight. This appears to be a property rights issue. Either try to work something out civily or take it to court. I want to see what happened before they started rolling because it was conveniently left out.
— You’re Fired! (@gotpartyfavorz) July 13, 2021
Do we have any idea how the conversation started, what the context is? The words we hear–always offensive, obviously. What was the point: the precipitating act? (I would hate to have someone standing outside my home filming, sneering at me, trying to catch a reaction-to ..what?)
— (((cassandrasilver)) (@planthollywood) July 13, 2021
Featured Image via @davenewworld_2
