It’s arguably essentially the most provocative phrase within the English language, and a lightning rod for bigots and racists alike. So when an Indian-American man was caught on video casually tossing across the N-word at a Dallas, Texas, restaurant, the web erupted in outrage and confusion.
The now-viral clip reveals a weird trade between an unidentified Black girl and a person who launched himself as Stanley Thomas. Thomas was sitting on the bar at Moxie’s in Dallas’ Uptown neighborhood, apparently throwing across the N-word a number of occasions earlier than the lady started filming. When she questioned him on digital camera, he doubled down on the slur, justifying his actions by saying he was 20 p.c Black.
“I say N-word on a regular basis,” he quipped, after which sarcastically requested if she needed him to show completely different pronunciations of the phrase. Drawing out the “r” on the finish, he proceeded to say it many times.
The lady warned him that her video was “going viral,” however he appeared utterly unbothered, saying “no, I’m proud,” whereas flashing a thumbs up and revealing his identify.
When Thomas introduced up “20 p.c,” he referenced the South African Siddi, an ethnic group in India that’s primarily descended from the Bantu and arrived within the nation within the seventh century. That’s a far attain, and the lady couldn’t assist however poke enjoyable at his reasoning, insisting that she air-drop the video to him so he may “put up it together with your fellow Indian buddies and inform them the way you stated the N-word on a regular basis, and also you’re 20% Black.”
The video first emerged on the X account, I Expose Racists and Pedos, which adopted up their preliminary put up with a screenshot of Thomas’ supposed Fb web page; nonetheless, it stays unconfirmed whether or not it’s the identical “Stanley Thomas.”
The Fb profile identifies him as a senior enterprise analyst at Christus Well being, a Catholic nonprofit healthcare service based mostly in Texas, however the firm has repeatedly refuted this declare, as many viewers of the video push for the person within the video to face real-life penalties for his phrases.
The official Christus accounts on X, TikTok, and Instagram have been working additional time, issuing this assertion throughout social media: “Thanks for bringing this to our consideration. He isn’t an Affiliate of CHRISTUS Well being. We don’t condone this conduct, nor does it align with our mission and core values.”
The “cringey” video quickly made its solution to web crusader TizzyEnt (Michael McWhorter), who identified to his six million followers that there are a number of individuals within the Dallas space named Stanley Thomas who resemble the person who likes to say the N-word.
TizzyEnt defined, “I simply need the individuals in Stanley’s life to see this… don’t go trying to find him. It’s going to occur organically. Individuals in his day-to-day life will see my video and go, Ooh, gross Stanley, and that’s the target right here.” And that’s precisely what’s taking place. TizzyEnt’s video is prompting widespread condemnation.
“On behalf of Indians worldwide, we don’t declare him and we don’t and will by no means say that phrase,” learn one remark with 2,300 likes.
“As soon as once more, freedom of speech doesn’t imply freedom of penalties,” famous a sensible commenter.
Many have identified that “they all the time do it to ladies or children by no means the black males,” and the rationale, say commenters, is apparent, “As a result of racists and white supremacists are cowards.”
