Excuse me, sir?
Life in Murika. A white guy followed a black guy to the latter’s house to call him a nigger.
Jeff Whitman drove two miles out of his way to follow a black man to his house and call him a “n***er” in a now-viral racist tirade caught on video. The consequences for his racism were immediate.
Last week, Whitman — owner and operator of Uriah’s Heating, Cooling, and Refrigeration — made the news for taking his road rage way too far. Charles Lovett, who lives in Columbus, recorded Whitman on his phone when the latter arrived outside of Lovett’s house in his company truck, angry that Lovett didn’t allow him to go straight in a right-turn-only lane.
“Is there a reason why you just followed me to my house?” Lovett said as he exited his vehicle in his driveway.
“I wanted to let you know how much of a n***er you are,” Whitman said in the video, with his company name, phone number, and state contractor’s license prominently displayed on his driver’s side door.
If you want to see the video that Lovett recorded, Shaun King has it:
ALL HANDS ON DECK.
"I just want to let you know what a nigger you are." -Jeffrey Whitman, owner of Uriahs Heating, Cooling, & Refrigeration in Columbus, OH
Jeffrey Whitman, in his own company vehicle, chased a Black man all the way to his home to repeatedly call him a nigger. pic.twitter.com/BMh3bHHBCS
— Shaun King (@shaunking) July 25, 2018
Maybe he thinks in Trump’s Murka he can just do that and no one will care.
Now, Whitman is apparently apologetic after the internet ruined his business. Searching for Whitman’s business on Yelp shows hundreds of one-star reviews from commenters saying Whitman “gives hardworking tradesmen a bad name,” and that Uriah’s is “owned and operated by your not so friendly neighborhood racist.” Uriah’s Better Business Bureau (BBB) accreditation has been suspended due to Whitman violating the BBB’s integrity standards.
When Columbus NBC affiliate WCMH confronted Whitman in the immediate aftermath of the video spreading on social media, Whitman was unapologetic about his actions.
“I don’t know if it makes it right or wrong all I can say is I grew up with it and not a big deal for me,” Whitman said.
However, in a phone message to Columbus Dispatch writer Theodore Decker, Whitman is now saying his decision to follow Lovett to his house and hurl racial slurs at him was “an awful mistake.”
“I’m out of business, I’m completely out, I’m done, I’ll never work in Columbus again,” Whitman said. “This has completely and thoroughly ruined my life.”
“I just don’t understand the intensity of the hate,” said the man who drove two miles out of his way to verbally abuse a complete stranger based on the color of his skin.
Well, you see, it’s not a big deal for him – he grew up with it.
“I just don’t understand the intensity of the hate”
Speaking from the same place many Trump supporters do when they talk about how ‘angry and hateful’ liberals are.
Such a rare happy ending… it does the heart good.
“… I just can’t believe that people would judge someone based on his actions rather than his skin color. What’s happening in this country?”
I actually snorted when he said “your rudeness is unacceptable”. Dude, you drive two miles out of your way to be astonishingly rude, and you think it’s “unacceptable” for your target to be offended? Yeesh.