Dad is working out at the gym when another man tells him ‘at least you weren’t born Black.’ Then the dad reveals his own daughter is Black
A man stood up for his daughter during a gym workout after a stranger directed a racist comment toward him, according to Atlanta Black Star. A video of the exchange has since spread on X.
The tension began when the stranger said to the father, “Well, at least you weren’t born Black.” Described in posts about the clip as white, the father responded to the remark. “My daughter’s Black! Why would you say that, bro?” he yelled, repeating the point several times as the camera repeatedly shook.
The man responded by saying, “I’m going to hold your hand, and we’re not gonna fight.” The father appears to challenge him to go outside, which the man declines, and he can be heard telling the man to get his hands off him.
The man apologized after the father confronted him
By the end of the clip, the man who made the racist comment offered an apology after the father demanded one. The father continued questioning the remark after the apology. He remained angry, telling the man, “You’re lucky I don’t smack a weight over your f— head.”
Some X users criticized the remark. One user noted, “They literally are obsessed with us. The addiction is insane smh. Bunch of insecure, goofy mfs lol.” The account that shared the video said no gym or official response had been confirmed.
Several commenters praised the father’s response. Another commenter questioned the logic behind the racist comment, writing, “Sitting at the gym with black people on his mind.”
Most Black Americans say they’ve run into this kind of thing
A 2024 Pew Research Center report found that 75% of Black adults say they have experienced racial discrimination, either regularly or from time to time. Most of them said it made them angry. An earlier Pew survey found that about half of Black adults said they had been subject to slurs or jokes because of their race.
The U.S. Census Bureau counted 33.8 million multiracial people in 2020, up from nine million in 2010. However, the agency tied part of that jump to changes in how it collected race data.
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