Sprint CEO 'disgusted' by woman's racist rant in store

[workinclasszero]

Sprint CEO 'disgusted' by woman's racist rant in store
Viral video captures woman using a racial slur against a Latino customer in a Virginia Sprint store.
by Steven Musil May 23, 2017 4:51 PM PDT

Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure is condemning the behavior of a female customer caught on video using a racial slur against another customer in a Sprint store in Virginia.

The video captures an unidentified woman referring to a Latino man as a "spic," a racial slur used against Hispanics and Latinos, and threatening to physically assault him. The video has gone viral, attracting nearly 50,000 retweets since being posted on Twitter by civil rights activist Shaun King, also a reporter for the New York Daily News.

"It's happened again," King wrote. "White woman calls polite Latino man a spic, threatens him, says she's offended to hear him speak Spanish. America. 2017."

https://www.cnet.com/news/sprint-ceo-disgusted-by-womans-racist-rant-in-store/

[workinclasszero]

1. Here is the deplorable racist in action

Link to tweet

[burnbaby]

5. horrible

just horrible, no reason for it at all

[niyad]

41. someone should (after soundly smacking her) ask her how she thinks the indigenous peoples

feel listening to languages that are not theirs.

[workinclasszero]

46. No kidding

I love it (not really) when these ignorant descendants of illegal immigrants say This is America! Speak American!

I think which American language are we talking about here?

Crow? Cherokee? Sauk? Potawatomi? Dakota Sioux? Navajo? Mohawk? Lakota Sioux? Apache? And many others.

But they always mean the bastardized King's English from the invaders homeland that passes for American language.

Ironic, ain't it?

[niyad]

48. it is indeed. and beyond frustrating.

[Rhett Cohen]

65. I noticed the husband said nothing, and then when we see the Latino gentlemen we know why.

"Honey, shut up! They're usually good at boxing and he's huge."

Also, was she talking in front of her kids? Or, was she talking like that in front of someone else's children? Either way, reeeeaaalll classy, yo.

[Cha]

70. WTH. nasty trump toadie.. It's my

country, too.. and I say he can speak any langauge he wants to, Idiot.

Wow.. you think she knew she was being filmed and recorded in all her stupid moronic state?

[VOX]

73. This woman's gonna die from her own hate.

She's like some form of walking cancer; it got her soul first, and the body will have to follow later. Shouldn't take too long with all the self-inflicted stress hormones she's secreting 24/7.

[dalton99a]

2. Stores should have a policy to immediately eject the trash

[workinclasszero]

4. I agree

Why subject your normal customers to hateful filth like that?

[dalton99a]

7. I hope people will identify them

for the Internet

[Skittles]

72. yo

Link to tweet

[phylny]

76. And this is why I love the Internet.

You know, people are so freaking ignorant. I speak Spanish - enough to get by. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being fluent, I'm maybe a 5 or 6. I *wish* I were fluent.

When I encounter this crap, which I do rarely, I generally inform the ignorant that our founding fathers spoke more than one language if they were at all educated. It is, in fact, a sign of great education to speak another language. When I work with my Spanish-speaking clients, I always praise how wonderful it is that their children are bilingual. The kids generally beam when I say this within earshot of them.

[Skittles]

81. I see being bilingual and multi-lingual as a plus

I heard a couple of gals in the post office line talking and finally I just had to interrupt and say, please, could you tell me what language you're speaking? It's so cool! (it was Swahili)......awesome

[spooky3]

30. And employees--companies are obliged to protect

Employees from discrimination and a hostile environment based on race, ethnicity, gender, etc.

[dembotoz]

32. if you have a cra cra in the store confrontation may not be a good idea

i would think you would want to get the asshole served and out the door.

then i would smother the victim with apologies and any free discounts know to man.

too many folks packing heat these days

[luvMIdog]

3. Gawd these people are the very scum of the earth!

[workinclasszero]

6. Trump empowered them all!

Racist republicans did it with a big helping hand from the MSM.

MAGA baby!

[luvMIdog]

8. I know . Any other president would have made a speech about this racism but not him he wanted it

[workinclasszero]

10. And even when Trump's draconian budget kills the deplorables and their families

Their hatred of the "others" will be stronger than their need for self preservation and they will continue to vote republican till the day they die.

Fuck them all!

[luvMIdog]

11. it's just crazy

[workinclasszero]

13. Love is a beautiful powerful force

Hate is a horrible powerful force.

Hitler and the nazi party knew this well and used it to gain power.

Trump and the republican party know it well too......

[lunasun]

9. this person was trying to help but not white. A lesson some of us learned a long time ago

[dalton99a]

24. +1

[brush]

12. Think we still need to pursue these deplorables for our party? No way!

[workinclasszero]

14. They are a lost cause

There is no compromise with hateful bigots. None.

We need to reach out to the many millions who never vote. Fuck the racist deplorables.

[Crowman2009]

37. EXACTLY!

[Rhett Cohen]

66. I don't get that argument at all that we need the racists.

75% of the potential voters didn't vote for Trump. There was 50% who didn't vote at all, so maybe aim for that block of people instead of the alt-right, who were once called Ron Paul Libertarians, who were once called McCain-Palinesque Renegeades, and so forth.

[brush]

80. Yes. Just to appeal to those a-holes, think of the the 180 degree switch in positions...

we'd have to take as a party to make these people comfortable.

And think how uncomfortable those new stances would make people in our base, people who soon not be in our base once we start catering to deplorables.

Wonder if the ones advocating going after trump voters thought that far ahead — that we'd lose voters probably more voters than we gain in trying to go after people who voted for trump.

I know I wouldn't stick around if our party suddenly lurched right to accommodate them.

[Initech]

15. Another Trump supporter?

[angstlessk]

16. Where were all the black folks taunting white folks when Obama was president?

I searched google and could not find any? Why is that?

[workinclasszero]

19. Good question

We all know Obama didn't run on a campaign based on racial hate like Trump did.

I still blame the MSM for normalizing his bigotry and misogyny. He never would have been elected without it.

And they are still doing it to this day,

[mythology]

44. Well there was the woman who had an imaginary black guy

Cut a backward B into her cheek. That has to count for something right?

[angstlessk]

47. That's right. I forgot about that poor girl...it musta hurt to do that!

Wonder how her scar healed in jail?

[oasis]

17. Deplorables venting because they know their boy is going DOWN .

[Initech]

21. I remember at CPAC there was a panel that said "Heaven has a wall, a gate, and extreme vetting".

And I was like "That doesn't sound like Heaven, that sounds more like Hell!".

[Rhett Cohen]

67. If Heaven is a place where conservatives go, I wouldn't want to go there anyways.

[ProudLib72]

18. She can't fight today because she has nails on!

And she wants to talk about "ghetto"!

[Iggo]

20. Is it wrong for me to speak Spanish wherever I can, just to piss these people off?

Probably a little.

But it's fun.

[workinclasszero]

23. Los Angeles..San Francisco etc. You can't speak American english witout spanish words...

Spanish Words Become Our Own
Adopted and Borrowed Words Enrich English

adios (from adiós)
adobe (originally Coptic tobe, "brick&quot
aficionado
albino
alcove (from Spanish alcoba, originally Arabic al-qubba)
alfalfa (originally Arabic al-fasfasah. Many other English words beginning with "al" were originally Arabic, and many may have had a Spanish-language connection in becoming English.)
alligator (from el lagarto, "the lizard&quot
alpaca (animal similar to a llama, from Aymara allpaca)
armada
armadillo (literally, "the little armed one&quot
arroyo (English regionalism for "stream&quot
avocado (originally a Nahuatl word, ahuacatl)
bajada (a geological term referring to a type of alluvial slope at the base of a mountain, from bajada, meaning "slope&quot
banana (word, originally of African origin, entered English via either Spanish or Portuguese)
bandoleer (type of belt, from bandolera)
barbecue (from barbacoa, a word of Caribbean origin)
barracuda
bizarre (some sources, not all, say this word came from the Spanish bizarro)
bonanza (although the Spanish bonanza can be used synonymously with the English cognate, it more often means "calm seas" or "fair weather&quot
booby (from bobo, meaning "silly" or "selfish&quot
bravo (from either Italian or Old Spanish)
bronco (means "wild" or "rough" in Spanish)

buckaroo (possibly from vaquero, "cowboy&quot
bunco (probably from banco, "bank&quot
burrito (literally "little donkey&quot
burro

cafeteria (from cafetería)
caldera (geological term)
canary (Old Spanish canario entered English by way of French canarie)
canasta (the Spanish word means "basket&quot
cannibal (originally of Caribbean origin)
canoe (the word was originally Caribbean)
canyon (from cañón)
cargo (from cargar, "to load&quot
castanet (from castañeta)
chaparral (from chaparro, an evergreen oak)
chaps (from Mexican Spanish chaparreras)

chihuahua (dog breed named after Mexican city and state)
chile relleno (Mexican food)
chili (from chile, derived from Nahuatl chilli)
chili con carne (con carne means "with meat&quot
chocolate (originally xocolatl, from Nahuatl, an indigenous Mexican language)
churro (Mexican food)
cigar, cigarette (from cigarro)
cilantro
cinch (from cincho, "belt&quot
cocaine (from coca, from Quechua kúka)
cockroach (Two English words, "cock" and "roach," were combined to form "cockroach." It is believed, but isn't certain, that the words were chosen because of their similarity to the Spanish cucaracha.)
coco (type of tree, from icaco, originally Arawak ikaku from the Caribbean)
comrade (from camarada, "roommate&quot
condor (originally from Quechua, an indigenous South American language)
conquistador
corral
coyote (from the Nahuatl coyotl)
creole (from criollo)
criollo (English term refers to someone indigenous to South America; Spanish term originally referred to anyone from a particular locality)

dago (offensive ethnic term comes from Diego)
dengue (Spanish imported the word from Swahili)
(a type of windstorm that can be found in the U.S. Midwest)
desperado
dorado (type of fish)
El Niño (weather pattern, means "The Child" due to its appearance around Christmas)
embargo (from embargar, to bar)
enchilada (participle of enchilar, "to season with chili&quot

fajita (diminutive of faja, a belt or sash, probably so named due to strips of meat)
fiesta (in Spanish, it can mean a party, a celebration, a feast — or a fiesta)
filibuster (from filibustero, derived from Dutch vrijbuiter, "pirate&quot
flan (a type of custard)
flauta (a fried, rolled tortilla)
flotilla
frijol (English regionalism for a bean)
galleon (from Spanish galeón)
garbanzo (type of bean)
guacamole (originally from Nahuatl ahuacam, "avocado," and molli, "sauce&quot
guerrilla (In Spanish, the word refers to a small fighting force. A guerrilla fighter is a guerrillero.)
habanero (a type of pepper; in Spanish, the word refers to something from Havana)
hacienda (in Spanish, the initial h is silent)
hammock (from jamaca, a Caribbean Spanish word)
hoosegow (slang term for a jail comes from Spanish juzgado, participle of juzgar, "to judge&quot
huarache (type of sandal)
hurricane (from huracán, originally an indigenous Caribbean word)
iguana (originally from Arawak and Carib iwana)
incomunicado
jaguar (from Spanish and Portuguese, originally from Guarani yaguar)
jalapeño
jerky (the word for dried meat comes from charqui, which in turn came from the Quechua ch'arki)
jicama (originally from Nahuatl)
key (the word for a small island comes from the Spanish cayo, possibly of Caribbean origin)

lariat (from la reata, "the lasso&quot
lasso (from lazo)
llama (originally from Quechua)

machete
machismo
macho (macho usually means simply "male" in Spanish)
maize (from maíz, originally from Arawak mahíz)
manatee (from manatí, originally from Carib)
mano a mano (literally, "hand to hand&quot
margarita (a woman's name meaning "daisy&quot
mariachi (a type of traditional Mexican music, or a musician)
marijuana (usually mariguana or marihuana in Spanish)
matador (literally, "killer&quot
menudo (Mexican food)

mesa (In Spanish it means "table," but it also can mean "tableland," the English meaning.)
mesquite (tree name originally from Nahuatl mizquitl)
mestizo (a type of mixed ancestry)
mole (The name for this delightful chocolate-chili dish is sometimes misspelled as "molé" in English in an attempt to prevent mispronunciation.)
mosquito
mulatto (from mulato)
mustang (from mestengo, "stray&quot
nacho
nada (nothing)
negro (comes from either the Spanish or Portuguese word for the color black)
nopal (type of cactus, from Nahuatl nohpalli)
ocelot (originally Nahuatl oceletl; the word was adopted into Spanish and then French before becoming an English word)
olé (in Spanish, the exclamation can be used in places other than bullfights)
oregano (from orégano)
paella (a savory Spanish rice dish)
palomino (originally meant a white dove in Spanish)
papaya (originally Arawak)
patio (In Spanish, the word most often refers to a courtyard.)

peccadillo (from pecadillo, diminutive of pecado, "sin&quot
peso (Although in Spanish a peso is also a monetary unit, it more generally means a weight.)
peyote (originally Nahuatl peyotl)
picaresque (from picaresco)
pickaninny (offensive term, from pequeño, "small&quot
pimento (Spanish pimiento)
pinole (a meal made of grain and beans; originally Nahuatl pinolli)

pinta (tropical skin disease)
pinto (Spanish for "spotted" or "painted&quot
piñata
piña colada (literally meaning "strained pineapple&quot
piñon (type of pine tree, sometimes spelled "pinyon&quot
plantain (from plátano or plántano)
plaza
poncho (Spanish adopted the word from Araucanian, an indigenous South American language)
potato (from batata, a word of Caribbean origin)
pronto (from an adjective or adverb meaning "quick" or "quickly&quot
pueblo (in Spanish, the word can mean simply "people&quot
puma (originally from Quechua)
punctilio (from puntillo, "little point," or possibly from Italian puntiglio)
quadroon (from cuaterón)
quesadilla
quirt (type of riding whip, comes from Spanish cuarta)
ranch (Rancho often means "ranch" in Mexican Spanish, but it can also mean a settlement, camp or meal rations.)
reefer (drug slang, possibly from Mexican Spanish grifa, "marijuana&quot
remuda (regionalism for a relay of horses)
renegade (from renegado)
rodeo
rumba (from rumbo, originally referring to the course of a ship and, by extension, the revelry aboard)
salsa (In Spanish, almost any kind of a sauce or gravy can be referred to as salsa.)
sarsaparilla (from zarza, "bramble," and parrilla, "small vine&quot
sassafras (from sasafrás)

savanna (from obsolete Spanish çavana, originally Taino zabana, "grassland&quot
savvy (from sabe, a form of the verb saber, "to know&quot
serape (Mexican blanket)
serrano (type of pepper)
shack (possibly from Mexican Spanish jacal, from the Nahuatl xcalli, "adobe hut&quot
siesta
silo
sombrero (In Spanish, the word, which is derived from sombra, "shade," can mean almost any kind of hat, not just the traditional broad-rimmed Mexican hat.)
spaniel (ultimately from hispania, the same root that gave us the words "Spain" and español)
stampede (from estampida)
stevedore (from estibador, one who stows or packs things)
stockade (from a French derivation of the Spanish estacada, "fence" or "stockade&quot

taco (In Spanish, a taco can refer to a stopper, plug or wad. In other words, a taco originally meant a wad of food. Indeed, in Mexico, the variety of tacos is almost endless, far more varied than the beef, lettuce and cheese combination of U.S.-style fast food.)
tamale (The Spanish singular for this Mexican dish is tamal. The English comes from an erroneous backformation of the Spanish plural, tamales.)

tamarillo (type of tree, derived from tomatillo, a small tomato)
tango
tejano (type of music)
tequila (named after a Mexican town of the same name)
tobacco (from tabaco, a word possibly of Caribbean origin)
tomatillo
tomato (from tomate, derived from Nahuatl tomatl)
toreador
tornado (from tronada, thunderstorm)
tortilla (in Spanish, an omelet often is a tortilla)
tuna (from atún)
vamoose (from vamos, a form of "to go&quot
vanilla (from vainilla)
vaquero (English regionalism for a cowboy)
vicuña (animal similar to a llama, from Quechua wikuña)
vigilante (from adjective for "vigilant&quot
vinegarroon (from vinagrón)
wrangler (some sources say word is derived from Mexican Spanish caballerango, one who grooms horses, while other sources say the word comes from German)
yucca (from yuca, originally a Caribbean word)
zapateado (a type of dance emphasizing movement of the heels)

https://www.thoughtco.com/spanish-words-become-our-own-3078182

[Rhett Cohen]

68. Tah-cos on a corn tore-tillah...

[Blaukraut]

22. What's worse - it looks like nobody stood up to this woman and told her to stop n/t

[niyad]

50. had I been there, I most certainly would have.

and my nails are longer than hers, and my purse is wayyyyyy bigger.

[yardwork]

77. Somebody recorded and released it, though.

It's possible that nobody else heard the woman.

[dalton99a]

25. Woman identified as Tiffany Cormier, works for American Airlines

http://www.theroot.com/woman-goes-on-racist-rant-in-manassas-va-store-calls-1795454557

Updated Tuesday, May 23, 2017, 12 p.m. EDT: The woman who went on a racist rant in a Manassas, Va., Sprint store has been identified as Tiffany Cormier, The Root has confirmed from a source reached through Fusion. Cormier is married to a Latino man and works for American Airlines in its payroll department and has reportedly since been laid off, according to the source.

When The Root contacted American to verify Cormier’s employment status, the airline stated that it does not confirm the employment of its employees but added, “We don’t tolerate discrimination at American Airlines, and we are looking into these allegations.”

Also see
https://www.everipedia.com/tiffany-cormier/

[workinclasszero]

26. Shes...married...to a Latino man

And uses racist slurs against her own husbands race???

[dalton99a]

27. Mother of 5 children with two different men of Latino background

https://www.everipedia.com/tiffany-cormier/

Her kids are going to be so proud of her. Idiot.

[workinclasszero]

28. Damn

Hate is blind and ignorant obviously. SMH

[yardwork]

78. She was encouraging her own kids to fight the Sprint employee.

I hope DSS looks into this family. Maybe it was all a big joke, and maybe not. She encourages her little kids to "get blood" by fighting the employee.

[IronLionZion]

38. There was an infamous Trumper married to an undocumented immigrant who got deported

and I've been in a long term relationship with a woman who still refuses to accept that I'm American too.

There are all types of people in this world.

[workinclasszero]

42. Yup I remember reading about that

How can they be so foolish as to support a con man hater like Trump?

[Ligyron]

29. When are these people going to figure it out?

Their deplorable behavior gets them fired almost every time once they're identified.

Then again, they were stupid enough to vote for Dump, so ...

[RhodeIslandOne]

57. She must think when you marry a white person you become an honorary white person

Therefore her husband is not a "spic"

[Fantastic Anarchist]

61. Juan is Tiffany's husband's cousin!

In the second link's

Hilarious. I'd hate to go to that family get together.

[Rhett Cohen]

69. If it was United, it would have been to good to be true. Almost a rare unicorn of perfection.

[DK504]

31. The Rubes are surprised when they are talking so loud on their phone and someone says something,

whether helpful or politely asking them to lower their voice. Her husband was with her and she couldn't talk to him?

And it's funny that Juan sounds very Americans, no detection of an accent and yet the idiot thinks he's illegal. I do hope she gets called out for such deplorable behavior.

[Rabrrrrrr]

33. Fuckin' trash

is what she is.

Stupid stupid stupid, and quite the hypocrite - apparently loves the Hispanic men for the sex stuff, but not for anything else.

[FailureToCommunicate]

34. I was surprised that it wasn't referring to THIS delightful lady...

[workinclasszero]

35. Trump is their pied piper

He and the MSM gave these hateful people a voice.

[gyroscope]

36. Woman is a trashy POS

but it is not polite or appropriate to eavesdrop on a stranger's phone conversation and offer her information without being asked for it. that is stalkish behavior.

[csziggy]

39. As loud as that woman was talking, it was not eavesdropping

Everyone in the store could hear her without making an effort. If you watch the video posted above, her volume is MUCH higher than the man who was just trying to give her some help.

If you don't want to be overheard while talking on a cell phone, lower your volume and go to a more private area - NOT in a restroom, please. (Having been in restrooms and being forced to listen to other people's cell phone comversations.)

[gyroscope]

43. Still, it was a private conversation

and she was in a phone store.

maybe it was loud in the store, maybe the person she was talking to was in a loud place, driving or just hard of hearing.

[mythology]

45. Being in a public place limits the right to privacy

[gyroscope]

49. Public place or not

it doesn't give random strangers the right to insert themselves into your private phone conversation. that's rather creepy, especially when the stranger is a man and you are a young woman.

still the woman completely overreacted.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

62. That's total bullshit.

You have no expectation of privacy in a public place.

And nice sexism to boot.

[gyroscope]

63. Fine

you have the right to annoy random strangers in public.

just don't be shocked when they cuss you out or worse.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

74. I'm not worried.

I know how to take care of myself.

[csziggy]

56. She was in a public space and should have no expectation of privacy

That is the way it works for taking photos, same for cell phone conversations when they are so loud the people around can not help but hear.

If she had been talking that loudly to her husband who apparently was with her she would not have an expectation that the people around her could not hear her. Just because she is on a cell phone, that does not magically isolate her from everyone else in hearing distance.

The man who tried to help her talked much more quietly and she could hear him just fine so it does not seem to me that the sound level in the store was loud. If the person on the other end of the call can't hear her, she should suggest that she call back from a more private place.

I have absolutely no sympathy for loud cell phone users. When they go on to use racial slurs to someone who was just trying to help her and then tries to encourage her companion to fight him, I hope she gets all the crap the internet can throw at her.

[gyroscope]

64. Fine then

you have the right to annoy random strangers in public.

just don't be shocked when they cuss you out or worse.

[RhodeIslandOne]

59. In addition to be a bigot, she's a "look at me!" with the cellphone

They love to look like they're important holding a CEO conference call meeting in their mind in front of everyone.

[csziggy]

60. True - while looking for legality of overhearing cell phone conversations

I found several articles about how to troll annoying cell phone users. One of my favorites was to sit or stand next to them and have a pretend "mirrored" cell phone conversations where your comments are responses to what they say. The guy calls it cell phone crashing:

[tonedevil]

75. That only applies...

in this situation if you stretch the definition of eavsdrop to mean being forced to listen to a one sidded phone conversation in a very public place. If you don't want strangers weighing in on your phone conversation then don't put your phone conversation in their faces. In order to have your privacy protected you need to act privately.

[yardwork]

79. We don't know what happened before the recording began.

It sounds like she was complaining to Sprint that the store didn't have something she wanted. I think she had been discussing this with the Sprint employee in the store before she called customer service. The phone call sounds like an extension of a discussion she and the employee had been having.

[Codeine]

40. Stupid piece of shit can't even keep her fingers

out of her mouth.

Dirty, dirty person. If you want to slobber on yourself do it at home.

[redstatebluegirl]

51. Has anyone outed her yet?

I think her neighbors, friends and employer need to shame her.

[workinclasszero]

52. Yes look at response 25 in this thread

[redstatebluegirl]

53. Good grief, she has been married to two Latino men and dating another and feels like this?

How do they stay with her?????

[workinclasszero]

54. And she has children with them as well!

She is racist against her own kids!!!

[RhodeIslandOne]

58. "I married/dated a "Spic", so I can say it"

I've seen the same mentality with whites who dated blacks also.

[liberalmuse]

55. Not to condone violence or anything...

but people like this need a hypothetical slap in the face, meaning more people need to stand up and let them know their racist behavior will absolutely not be tolerated in a civil society. This behavior needs serious pushback. Hard.

[Cha]

71. If she got Fired from her job a American

Airlines.. that might make an impression.