White people acting a fool are like fruit cakes: they’re nutty and no one wants to deal with them.
Bleacher Report Social Producer Chika Okafor took to Twitter to say he and his friend Cassius Flemming were standing his apartment building waiting for a Lyft and minding their own business when a white man began to harass them. Flemming filmed the incident.
The arrogance is appalling but honestly, not surprising because far too many times people of color have been victims of this kind of behavior. You can watch the video of the incident here.#racialprofiling
#privilege
#racism
#noseyneighbor
#mindyourbusiness
#harassment
pic.twitter.com/DlnSf154h8— Chika Okafor (@ChikaO_13) December 20, 2018
“What are you doing in my building?” the man demands in the clip. “You don’t live here! I’ve been here 27 years!”
“He lives right upstairs,” an understandably annoyed Flemming responds.
“Then why haven’t I seen you before?!” the man shoots back.
Okafor wrote on Twitter that while he hasn't lived in the building for 27 years himself, he has lived there since December 2017.
I was racially profiled in my apartment complex last night. While I was with my friend Cassius Flemming waiting for a Lyft ride on the first floor of the building that I have lived in since mid-December of last year, this man interrogated me about where I live.
— Chika Okafor (@ChikaO_13) December 20, 2018
The white man then requests Okafor identify his unit. Understandably, the editor was apprehensive about telling someone who was clearly unhappy with him where he lived.
“That’s none of your business,” Okafor says in answer to the question, to which his neighbor replies,“It is my business."
In the video, Flemming claims the man started things by muttering, “Who the f**k are these guys” when they walked in. He also said the man claimed to treat white people the same way.
As the video comes to a close, the man can be seen taunting Flemming, boldly declaring he doesn't care if it goes viral. However, Okafor's neighbor didn’t keep the same energy when Flemming asked for his name and he stammered like a skipping CD.
The encounter ended when Okafor and Flemming left the building to catch their ride.
The man has not been identified, but the video went viral so y’all know it’s only a matter of time.
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