A Black family in Homewood, Alabama, was subjected to motorists shouting “white power” at one of them as she entered their home on May 15.
The racist act was captured on the family’s Ring doorbell camera.
Felita Wilson said her daughter, Jourdan Elliott, and her daughter’s boyfriend were arriving home near Valley Drive around 9:40 p.m. when a truck driving past their home slowed down and the occupants shouted white supremacist rhetoric at them. Elliott said the occupants shouted, “white power!”
“We saw a truck coming down the street but didn’t think anything of it, Elliott told WVTM13 News. “The car slowed down and [they] started screaming, ‘White power! White f—in’ power! White power!’ and just repeating as if they wanted a reaction.”
Elliott went on to say that it was too dark to see the occupants clearly, but she hopes that if anyone recognizes the person’s voice, they confront the individual.
“If they felt the need to be so bold in the middle of the night with the only two Black people they see in the middle of the street, there’s no telling what they could have done last night,” Elliott said. “We don’t know if they’re 16 -year-olds or 22-year-olds, but if there’s somebody out there that recognizes that voice and can sit them down and say, ‘Hey, this is you. I know it’s you. This is why this is wrong.’ That’s going to make a world of a difference.”
Elliott’s mother says she wondered what would have happened had they reacted to the truck’s occupants.
“If you did react, what would happen? Would they pull out a gun? Would they have shot at you? Would they have thrown something on you? Would they have thrown something at you? You just don’t know,” said Wilson. “So you’ve just got to be safe and just treat people with respect.”
Wilson also said she and her daughter would not tolerate being intimidated and harassed.
“We’re not leaving anytime soon, but…
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