This Man Had The Perfect Response To A Racist Remark At An Airport

This Man Had The Perfect Response To A Racist Remark At An Airport
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This Man Had The Perfect Response To A Racist Remark At An Airport
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Emmit Walker was a victim of racism when he was waiting at the airport. By denouncing the situation on Facebook, his story became viral.

Emmit Walker is a music producer from Washington. A few days ago, he was a victim of racism by a young woman at the airport. An almost surreal scene.Indeed, while waiting to be called onto the plane, a young woman came up to him and said: "Excuse me, I think you've made a mistake. This for priority boarding." Not understanding, the man answered: "Do you mean first class?" The woman nodded and explains that he needed to let her go through and that he would be called afterwards.

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To make her understand, Emmit showed his boarding ticket to the woman, but she still didn't understand. Speaking to someone else, she continues: "He must be military or something, but we've paid for our seats, so he'll have to wait." Emmit started to get upset, but kept calm. In a humorous tone, he replied, "No, I'm too big to be a soldier, I'm only a black guy with money." This phrase caused laughter among other passengers who were watching the scene.

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After talking about his ordeal on social networks, many Internet users supported Emmit Walker, who didn't expect his publication to be shared. A few days later, he published a video on his Instagram account: he apologized for the magnitude of his story because he didn't want to publicly reveal the woman.

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