“You’re Like A White Guy?”: This Video Of Taxi Driver Kicking Passengers Out Of The Car Over Racist Remarks Goes Viral
Unlike fictional universes, there are no superheroes in our real world. There are just good people who behave correctly, observing all the basic values of modern society.
One of these values, of course, is zero tolerance for any form of bigotry. In fact, the final victory over the manifestations of radicalism will be achieved only when their rejection enters the cultural code of all people, at the usual, everyday level.
For example, as it happened to the ordinary American Lyft driver James W. Bode, who, a few days ago, shared a dashcam video on his Facebook page, telling about an incident that happened to him.
James’ post went viral instantly, with 14K reactions, 5.1K reposts and over 6.3K different comments to date – the authors are overwhelmingly proud of the Original Poster and express their support for him.
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Lyft driver posted a dashcam video about an incident that happened to him some days ago
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Getting into the car, the woman made some racist remarks
So it was late at night in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania. James arrived at a call to one of the local pubs, from where a woman came out with her companion. Getting into the car, the woman said with visible relief: “You’re like a white guy?” To the surprise of the driver, she explained: “You look like a white guy? Look like a normal guy, like speaking English?”
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The driver demanded the passengers get out of his car immediately
The OP’s reaction was lightning fast. He demanded that the passenger get out of the car, stating that her words were completely inappropriate, and that he would not take them anywhere. It should be noted that the passenger’s companion behaved very aggressively, insulting the driver and threatening him with physical violence.
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The driver tried to stay polite but one of the passengers behaved very aggressively
At the same time, James was as polite as possible, explaining to the aggressive man that everything was on camera, and his failed passengers are simply racists. If the threats continued, the driver threatened, he would call the police.
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Most likely, as the OP thinks, his passengers were the owners of the pub – at least when he asked if they owned it, they just nodded. Anyway, the very next morning, James woke up famous.
This man wants everyone to know, we should certainly help him.
This Lyft driver kicks out a local bar owner for being racist, they react by being even more racist. pic.twitter.com/ZPrGtF4Her— :увядший_цветок:_Imposter_:паутина: (@Imposter_Edits) May 14, 2022
James added another post noting that everybody should really be “that guy” like he is
Later James wrote another post noting that he should not be “that guy” – just everyone should be. Speak up if you’re uncomfortable with it because it makes them uncomfortable, as they should be.
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Lyft expressed support and announced a personal meeting with James to show thanks to him
Lyft expressed support for its employee, noting on its official Twitter that they are very grateful to James for upholding their no-tolerance anti-discrimination policies. Lyft representatives also promised that they would get in touch with both the unlucky passengers and the driver himself – just to show their thanks to James.
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People online supported James unanimously, both on Facebook and Twitter
Most commenters, as we have already said, absolutely supported the driver in his zero tolerance for racism. At the same time, people note that sometimes there are situations when, in response to racist jokes, white people simply laugh or remain silent, thereby unwittingly encouraging racism.
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As one Twitter commenter correctly put it, this is exactly what is needed to confront white supremacy: white people making other white people pay for being racist.
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We fully support and thank James for his position, and if you want to do the same, just feel free write down here in the comments.
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I've been to this bar once. It's a biker bar and they were not kind to the minorities that were there that night I went. I even left a one star review on their google page bc the staff totally disregarded a black women that was being harassed. This was about 4 yrs ago. My friends and I were leaving so we stood outside w her while she waited for her ride. I felt so bad for her. It was the first time I was there and it was just bc we were hungry and driving by. The food wasn't great either just regular fried food that a hole in the wall bar would serve. There was an actual hole in the wall in the bathroom too!
Yep, one of the reviews in the post says they were 'complacent' to the treatment shown to minorities and I'm thinking yeah, they weren't complacent, they were perfectly fine with it because they agreed with it.
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Their yelp page is hilarious now. They cut off the reviews but people managed to find a section called the notes section and they posted this video like 400 times.
Good on him for standing his ground, it's small acts like this that speak out against racism. Far too many people in this situation would ignore this if it didn't concern or discriminate against them. This is absolutely amazing on the drivers part.
I'm white and one of my co-workers, also white, made an Islamophobic "joke" when we were alone. I looked him right in the eye and said "That is NOT funny". Then I told him he was completely out of line and that was a horrible thing to say, etc. He shut up pretty quickly.
I am not a white person but i completely support the white man. And also most white people are nor racist,coloured people can racist as well
I’m glad someone else thinks this. I’m all for loving everyone and supporting all colors and shapes of people but saying one is better than the other is just what racism is. White people aren’t better than black people and black people aren’t better than white. I’d rather judge people based off of their choices and not whether the person who did something wrong was black or white. I love everyone.
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I'm really impressed with this man's maturity and ability to maintain a level head in a weird and difficult situation. I always struggle with what to say in weird situations. I remember this one time a complete stranger in the grocery store went on a foul mouthed tirade because some woman had bought too much chicken (in his opinion). He didn't mention race, thankfully, but he definitely directed some unkind words at said woman (not in her earshot, I might add, but to me). I was flabbergasted. I mean, what do you even say in a situation like that? All I could end up getting out was "well you don't have to get all mad".
I’m super confused why she got in the car and said that. Am i missing something? Can someone explain what happened cause I’m not really understanding
she was probably surprised that somebody that wasn't white was working a low paying job. the racist twatbucket.
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Good on the driver! Even just being neutral to these kinds of comments and actions is not good enough. We need to express the fact that society will no longer tolerate that kind of awful racism. That lady did not deserve a ride, not until she learns that racism is NOT okay.
As a black person, this is EXACTLY how we need white people to respond. This man handled it perfectly well. To the people who think it's not your problem, look at this man. Do the right thing. Please.
Upvote this 1000 times! Just because I am white does not mean I tolerate racism from other white people. It is awesome to see someone represent that in such a visible way! Thank you sir.
i could hear the "we'll be right back" theme as soon as one of the passengers said *the word*
I've been to this bar once. It's a biker bar and they were not kind to the minorities that were there that night I went. I even left a one star review on their google page bc the staff totally disregarded a black women that was being harassed. This was about 4 yrs ago. My friends and I were leaving so we stood outside w her while she waited for her ride. I felt so bad for her. It was the first time I was there and it was just bc we were hungry and driving by. The food wasn't great either just regular fried food that a hole in the wall bar would serve. There was an actual hole in the wall in the bathroom too!
Yep, one of the reviews in the post says they were 'complacent' to the treatment shown to minorities and I'm thinking yeah, they weren't complacent, they were perfectly fine with it because they agreed with it.
Load More Replies... Their yelp page is hilarious now. They cut off the reviews but people managed to find a section called the notes section and they posted this video like 400 times.
Good on him for standing his ground, it's small acts like this that speak out against racism. Far too many people in this situation would ignore this if it didn't concern or discriminate against them. This is absolutely amazing on the drivers part.
I'm white and one of my co-workers, also white, made an Islamophobic "joke" when we were alone. I looked him right in the eye and said "That is NOT funny". Then I told him he was completely out of line and that was a horrible thing to say, etc. He shut up pretty quickly.
I am not a white person but i completely support the white man. And also most white people are nor racist,coloured people can racist as well
I’m glad someone else thinks this. I’m all for loving everyone and supporting all colors and shapes of people but saying one is better than the other is just what racism is. White people aren’t better than black people and black people aren’t better than white. I’d rather judge people based off of their choices and not whether the person who did something wrong was black or white. I love everyone.
Load More Replies... I'm really impressed with this man's maturity and ability to maintain a level head in a weird and difficult situation. I always struggle with what to say in weird situations. I remember this one time a complete stranger in the grocery store went on a foul mouthed tirade because some woman had bought too much chicken (in his opinion). He didn't mention race, thankfully, but he definitely directed some unkind words at said woman (not in her earshot, I might add, but to me). I was flabbergasted. I mean, what do you even say in a situation like that? All I could end up getting out was "well you don't have to get all mad".
I’m super confused why she got in the car and said that. Am i missing something? Can someone explain what happened cause I’m not really understanding
she was probably surprised that somebody that wasn't white was working a low paying job. the racist twatbucket.
Load More Replies... Good on the driver! Even just being neutral to these kinds of comments and actions is not good enough. We need to express the fact that society will no longer tolerate that kind of awful racism. That lady did not deserve a ride, not until she learns that racism is NOT okay.
As a black person, this is EXACTLY how we need white people to respond. This man handled it perfectly well. To the people who think it's not your problem, look at this man. Do the right thing. Please.
Upvote this 1000 times! Just because I am white does not mean I tolerate racism from other white people. It is awesome to see someone represent that in such a visible way! Thank you sir.
i could hear the "we'll be right back" theme as soon as one of the passengers said *the word*
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