Local Woman Caught on Camera Berating Employee in Racist Tirade
By the edhat staff
Several readers of edhat sent us the below video that was posted on Instagram. The video was posted this week by local DJ Ian Soleimani in front of the Boathouse Restaurant at Hendry's Beach.
The video shows a local woman arguing with an employee of the Boathouse at its entrance near the walkway to the public beach, seemingly over an unpaid bill. Soleimani starts filming as the interaction gets more heated. The woman then turns to him and begins a slew of racist rants.
At the time of publication, the video received nearly 20,000 views and 450 comments. With permission from the video's owner, the video is provided in full below:
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May 15, 2022 09:15 AMWow. Sad to say I'm not surprised with all this rhetoric being emboldened by certain political figures and one party in particular. Just bummed to see it in our hometown, but my friends of color have been saying this for a long time. Also she's not making any sense. Broccoli? Oprah? Dr. Phil?
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May 15, 2022 11:23 AMThey're among us... Using the infallible broccoli argument! Great vid! this really brightened MY day! I'm really impressed he didn't follow her to her vehicle to record the LP... oh,& thanks for showing us that you have that Mac?
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May 15, 2022 01:00 PMHow do you know her politics? (I did not listen to video)
In Santa Barbara its a 70% chance or greater that a woman of voting age votes Democrat and yes- Democrats can be racist too
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May 16, 2022 06:39 PM"How do you know her politics? (I did not listen to video)"
The video might be a clue.
We know your politics too.
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May 15, 2022 09:15 AMI'm going to support the Boathouse more now! This is insane.
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May 15, 2022 09:33 AMHow do we know she is a local woman?
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May 15, 2022 09:39 AMI believe she referenced or inferred it in her rant
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May 15, 2022 01:27 PM*implied ----- She implies, you infer.
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May 16, 2022 02:33 PMBoooooo @ Minibeast. I'm inferring that your incessant grammar and spelling corrections are annoying, pretentious, and add zero value. I'm curious to see what you will imply in your next comment.
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May 16, 2022 06:38 PMYay to Minibeast for providing factual information. Boo to reactionaries who take being informed of an error as a personal assault.
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May 15, 2022 09:56 AMClearly, she is off her MEDS...
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May 15, 2022 10:15 AMIt's pretty obvious what this woman is going through....give her a break.
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May 15, 2022 02:00 PMyeah its obvious shes a racist. no breaks needed
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May 15, 2022 02:26 PMThat you, BABYCAKES? 99.99% of people "going through something" aren't disgusting racists. I agree no breaks needed or deserved, this is disturbing behavior no matter what is going on in your life or what demons you are fighting. Doesn't give you a free pass to be a demon to others. Ever.
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May 15, 2022 04:12 PMHuh, what is she going through? You know her?
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May 15, 2022 06:39 PMAgree with you @2:26. Keep in mind though, that with a population of approximately 340 million, 0.0099 percent is about 35,000 peeps. That's a lot of potential disgusting racists to disturb even the most jaded amongst us. She appears to be having a public meltdown. She is talking irrationally. She appears to be on edge. She then discovers that someone is recording the event....fine. But, when someone is "mentally ill" as someone on this board who is a clinical mental health professional determined (is that legal to diagnose a person who is not one's patient?).
Side Note: this story is making national news. Just great. Now, people won't want to come to Santa Barbara because it's a hotbed of racists. Of course that is not true....see how that works?
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May 16, 2022 09:43 AMBABYCAKES, she may be mentally ill and she may need help, but we don't know that. What we do know is that she is a racist - which is not excusable just because she may br mentally ill and/or struggling with substance abuse. It is not and should not be a free pass to be an asshole in a way that deeply and problematically affects others.
The person on here "diagnosing" her is likely not a mental health professional at all, or they are an irresponsible one. Probably against licensing rules to dx with this little evidence/study.
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May 16, 2022 06:35 PMYes, it's obvious what the restaurant employee is going through ... give her a break.
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May 15, 2022 10:23 AMIt's really a great day outside so I pulled up the rocker on the patio, sat down, rocked and watched the green grass grow.
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May 15, 2022 11:26 AMAnd you took the time to comment on edhat and dismiss disgusting behavior
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May 15, 2022 12:06 PMRacists gotta stick together against "them".
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May 15, 2022 10:57 AMBravo to both the restaurant employee and the videographer for keeping their cool and taking the high road! I couldn't have done it, I admire their patience.
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May 15, 2022 11:15 AMI hate racists too, but should we be exploiting mentally ill people for our entertainment? I think we're better than that.
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May 15, 2022 11:25 AMRacism isn’t a mental illness and not all people who have mental illness are racist. It’s prevalent in our society and in SB. This needs to be called out and everyone needs to say this is wrong. Don’t make excuses.
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May 15, 2022 11:39 AMI'm a mental health professional. She's mentally ill AND racist. No excuses, just pointing out that the whole "Karen" video phenomenon is exploitative. We're better than that.
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May 15, 2022 12:16 PMShe might have a mental illness but society frequently excuses bad behavior from white people as mental illness while other races do not get the benefit of the doubt. Also will repeat again, mental illness doesn’t make you racist. (Side note: I also work in the mental health field and advocate calling bad behavior out and not placating)
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May 15, 2022 02:01 PMsure looks like the racist is exploiting her "customer is always right" ideals in front of a bunch of people IN PUBLIC. Shes the one trying to get "entertainment" from her outburst. no one else was talking, only her voice was heard
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May 18, 2022 03:13 PMYou aren't "professional" if you're diagnosing her from this video.
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May 15, 2022 11:18 AMSo I'm sittin' here in my apartment in IV, watchin' this & thinkin' to myself how some people can REALLY make fools of themselves!
Not gonna call her a crazy woman, just gonna lay it out for what she is, a spoiled, entitled, self-centered brat w/ a hyper-inflated sense of self-importance.
I don't care what race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, or sexual orientation/preference, political affiliation you are or espouse, you act like this person, you're a fool.
It don't surprise me 1 bit she didn't pay the bill, she seems to have it etched in her peabrain that she's entitled to gettin' away w/ anything she wants to in life.
Cheers to the restaurant staff that dealt w/ her, she was a true professional & she deserves our support, as does the restaurant.
Major props to DJ Ian Soleimani for making the effort to capture this tirade on film. I admire how he took her ethnic/racial insults in stride. Best way to make a point is let the guilty do what they do best & that's be guilty!
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May 15, 2022 11:30 AMYes and she’s racist.
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May 15, 2022 11:41 AMYes, & racism is foolish, wouldn't you agree?
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May 15, 2022 11:43 AMI was so sidetracked by her foolish behavior that I forgot to ask a basic question & that is was she tryin' to dine & dash? The "discussion" seems to be over an unpaid bill, that can be a number of things, but was she tryin' to skip out on payin' for her food?
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May 15, 2022 02:03 PMthats what I gathered, sad we couldnt actually hear the complaint. but its common practice to hold someones ID if they dont pay the bill. shes upset cause her CC got declined. so shes mad at the employee and establishment...... this is all from my gathering in between the racist rants.
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May 15, 2022 06:47 PMThanks PSTARSR, I was a little confused, but playin' it back kind of made it clear her credit card got declined. Not the businesses fault, just her poor management of her $$$.
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May 15, 2022 12:32 PMPeople are surprised that the guy recording remained so calm. Clearly they’ve never met Ian. Dude is cool as a cucumber 24/7. This reminds me to buy him another drink on my next trip to Boathouse.
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May 15, 2022 02:04 PMbuy him two, and Ill get you back someday
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May 15, 2022 12:53 PMApparently she was there for a long time, with her broccoli. She exudes a classic deflection technique....which is to yell, deflect & insult. Usually, this technique works, the person is dismissed, bill not paid. Businesses tend to dislike confrontations & political careers ruined by the loudest, crudest , name-calling person. It's also a technique used by this on the sociopathic spectrum. They fully believe rules don't apply to them. She is such an entitled bully accustomed to pulling ruses in her disgusting style. Glad she met with classy responses...by the employee be & videographer.
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May 15, 2022 01:45 PMKudos to the employee for remaining calm under difficult circumstances.
Watching the video was akin to driving past an accident scene - hard not to keep watching.
Wonder what the offender will think when she sees herself!?
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May 15, 2022 01:48 PMP.S. - Also, wonder what her friends and family will think? Quite an embarrassing encounter.
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May 15, 2022 02:02 PMEdhat refers to the woman as local but that's in dispute on other social media sites (claim is the manager's husband said she's from Florida). Regardless, pretty shocking the woman starts to utter the N-word at 2:48 then catches herself.
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May 15, 2022 02:27 PMFlorida sounds about white!
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May 15, 2022 02:17 PMWow! I don't even have words! Wow!
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May 15, 2022 02:33 PMWhat a nasty person! Is she all there? Mentally I mean. She is talking about Harvey Weinstein in the end. Florida woman? She needs to be canceled. Crazy and not all there. African American fishing. What a kook!
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May 15, 2022 02:45 PMI read on read on Reddit that she was from Florida.
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May 15, 2022 02:50 PMHoly crap, that's crazy. African American fishing? WTF is that even supposed to mean? I hope she IS from Florida and not part of our community!
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May 15, 2022 02:52 PMThat's creepy, The ad that's on the video is for a fish finder. (one I have!)
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May 15, 2022 03:45 PMI can’t say whether or not she’s mentally ill, but she certainly seems horrible.
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May 15, 2022 05:06 PMProbably a consultant from Florida for the Lozano campaign.
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May 16, 2022 07:04 AMLozano is being actively supported by the New California State kooks up in the No. County. This 'ranter' is that same type. Regardless of where they are from, Lozano's campaign needs to get up here and take down all her illegally posted signs on our roadsides. They were put up in the dead of night. Can't wait until this is over and she and her acolytes, like this ranter, can crawl back under their rocks..... or go back to Florida!!!
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May 15, 2022 05:13 PMAnyone find out who she is?
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