A man’s racist rant at a family-owned automotive shop has sparked a social media outcry and calls to expose his identity.
A white Texas man slurred his way through a racist tirade directed at a Black employee of One Nation Kustomz in Dallas.
A security camera placed at the checkout counter captured the disturbing exchange, and it quickly went viral after the company posted it to its social media pages.
A disagreement broke out when the disgruntled customer insisted the shop had installed the wrong lift kit and damaged his truck. The employee denied it, saying his truck’s frame was already rusted.
After the conversation devolved into petty name-calling, threats of lawsuits, and police involvement, the employee told him he was no longer welcome as a customer.
“Don’t call me b–ch,” said the unnamed Black employee, who calmly tried to de-escalate the situation and asked him to leave.
“I’ll call you whatever the f–k I want, b–ch,” the man spat back. “Call the police then, boy. … I guarantee your [n-word] ass goes to prison.”
The customer spewed more vitriol, including a derogatory term for homosexuals, and refused to stop even after he learned he was being filmed.
‘Very Disrespectful’
When he finally left, the mortified employee told the camera: “There’s literally a two-year-old kid in my showroom, and this guy’s talking like that. That’s very disrespectful.”
The clip has drawn outrage since the shop posted it on Sept. 1. A top comment read: “Temper tantrum full of slurs. Glad it’s on video. Internet: do your thing.”
Viewers claimed to have identified the man, sharing his alleged work details and prior arrests. Hundreds of commenters tagged his alleged workplace, but the company hasn’t responded publicly, and his identity remains unconfirmed.
“The type of stuff we deal with once in a while,” the auto shop wrote in its caption, downplaying the incident.
But 2.5 million views and thousands of comments later, the internet doesn’t seem ready to let the racism slide. As one commenter put it, if the man follows through with his threat to sue: “lol, his lawyer is going to hate that video so much.”
