Video: Woman Repeatedly Calls Uber Driver a Racist Slur in DC

A video of a girl repeatedly directing a racist slur at her Uber driver in a Washington, D.C. neighborhood has residents sounding off after the clip was posted to social media. 

The cellphone footage was captured on Wednesday morning from an condominium window in Cathedral Heights.

In it, a white girl on the road beneath repeatedly insults her Uber driver, who’s Black, as he stands in entrance of her. The girl makes use of profanity and slurs, and at one level tells the person, “I’m your boss, get out of my face!”

The girl who shot the video, Alex, instructed News4 the tirade occurred in entrance of her constructing on Wisconsin Avenue close to the Nationwide Cathedral. D.C. police stated officers responded to the scene and spoke to the driving force, however he didn’t file a report.

The video doesn’t present what let to the confrontation, however Alex stated the Uber driver instructed her that the passenger wished to make use of a cellphone charger, and when she could not, she grew to become indignant. He pulled over and ended the journey, and that’s when issues escalated. 

“I imply I wished to be sure that this man was secure and I feel it’s vital to seize when persons are performing that method and truthfully to verify others,” Alex stated. 

Nobody was harm, however the girl might be seen hitting the person earlier than taking off. 

The offensive video had of us within the quiet neighborhood fuming. 

“We don’t know what occurred earlier than that, but it surely would not matter. There isn’t any name for any racism in anyway,” Steve Mason, who lives close by, stated. “[It’s] completely stunning and unhappy.”

News4 has not been capable of verify the identification of the girl within the video.

Neighbors like Jennifer Hightower stated the simply clip confirms her issues in regards to the space.

“She [said] you’re a slave, I’m your boss. Prefer it simply speaks to the truth that in 2022, we’ve a lot extra work to do,” Hightower stated. “I’m outraged and truthfully, I come from Southeast… and it truthfully speaks to why lots of people who seem like me don’t wish to transfer into this space.”

In a remark underneath the video, Uber stated they’ve a zero-tolerance coverage for discrimination, and requested for extra details about the rider and driver. 

“It’s outrageous. I do not know the place she works at or who she is, [but] she must be fired. It’s undoubtedly not giving,” Hightower stated.