Many Black Americans talk about everyday discrimination.
One Black woman from North Carolina recently felt the sting while simply waiting to pay for her groceries.
She immediately pulled out her phone, and the video, posted to X on Sept. 30, is now going viral.
Candy Tilghman was at a Food Lion in Kinston, in the state’s coastal plains region, when an older white man in line behind her began cursing and ranting within earshot.
“The Blacks think they own the f*cking world, but they don’t!” he told his female companion, who seemed embarrassed and urged him to “hush” several times.
Tilghman informed the man that she was filming his outburst, but he seemed unbothered. “I don’t care, record me all you want. I ain’t said nothing but ‘Black.’ I ain’t called you no ugly words,” he shouted, adding, “I’m white, and I’m proud of it.”
Ironically, he was wearing a T-shirt promoting William Randy Mitchell Jr., the mayor of the tiny rural town of Dover.
According to the North Carolina State Board of Elections, Mitchell is Black and a registered Democrat, which is not what you’d expect from a man the original post dubbed “MAGA Grandpa.”
His companion finally coaxed him into a different checkout aisle, but it was too late. The man has now become “internet famous.”
Though Tilghman reportedly does not use social media, she turned to a viral video curation account on X, @longtimehistory, to post the video on her behalf.
She had a message for the tens of thousands of viewers: “If you know this fine gentleman, tell him I say hey,” she wrote. “And that I hope Jesus saves his soul before it’s too late.”
For many Black Americans, a run-in like this is nothing new. But while authorities dismissed or ignored reports of these incidents for generations, social media now gives victims of verbal aggression a chance to turn the tables.
And commenters are not holding back, scrutinizing the man down to the contents of his grocery cart. Several are telling him to “lay off” the soda, bologna, and ice cream.
One outraged commenter wrote, “I’m glad you posted this. I’m hoping some other idiot sees himself in this video and realizes what a racist looks like. Shame on him!”
Another highlighted the racist generalizations, noting that painting any race with a broad brush is toxic: “If I have beef with a random white man, I keep the subject on him. I don’t just blanket statement the whole race.”
Meanwhile, many commenters praised Tilghman for how she handled the man’s attack. As one said, “She rocks for keeping her cool and showing her heart!”
MAGA grandpa verbally assaults Black woman—just checking out groceries.
— LongTime🤓FirstTime👨💻 (@LongTimeHistory) September 30, 2026
"You Blacks think you own the world but you don't!" he yells.
"Go ahead record—I ain't said nothin but 'Black.' "
"I ain't called you no 'ugly' words."
"I'm white—and I'm proud of it!"
Woman filming said… pic.twitter.com/mvQ67KTiTc
