Party City fired an employee who made a racist video about Black people and posted it on social media.
Jacqueline Michele DeLuca used the N-word several times while she was professing her hatred for Black people.
“I don’t like motherf—-g Black people,” DeLuca began. “I f—–g hate Black people, bro.”
DeLuca appeared to be driving while she was filming the video. She attributed her hatred to an interaction she had with another driver moments earlier.
“Just now, a f—–g n—-r, a n—-r, ran the f—–g stoplight and looked at me like it was my motherf—ing fault,” she explained.
She also wished death on the entire race and disparaged Black Lives Matter.
“F–k all you Black Lives Matter f—–g people,” DeLuca continued. “I don’t give a f–k because y’all n—as wanna make it seem like it’s our fault or the white man or whatever the f–k it is.”
“I don’t give a f–k. Kill ’em all. Kill them the f–k all,” she concluded.
The video, apparently first posted on Facebook, went viral on Thursday, June 11, and it wasn’t long before social media sleuths found her name and employer.
“I got time toooodaaaaay! Her name is Jacqueline Michele DeLuca. She’s from Union City. She works at Party City in Secaucus [New Jersey]. Twitter, I need y’all to do your thing with this one,” wrote a user who reposted the video. The reposted footage has been viewed more than 1.5 million times.
Party City announced DeLuca was fired on Thursday night via a statement shared on the party goods retailer’s Twitter account.
“Today…we became aware of a disturbing video post and notified the appropriate authorities due to the threatening and disgusting nature of the content,” the statement read. “We have terminated the employee who produced and posted the video. We have zero tolerance for this type of behavior and language.”
The retailer continued, “Party City strands in solidarity with our Black colleagues, customers and communities as we condemn acts of racism, bigotry and hate. Disregard for basic human rights of any kind has no place in our communities or country and certainly not at Party City.”
A few minutes before Party City tweeted the statement, DeLuca apologized on her Facebook page.
“This is my apology to you ALL. I regret using such words against a race I know everyone is behind for and I never meant to hurt anyone in anyway,” she wrote, in part. “I let anger get the best of me at the moment and I ask as a human to please forgive what I’m trying to get across. This is NOT who I am.”
