A Black woman claims that she was racially profiled by an employee at a hotel in Austin, Texas.
The confrontation was posted in a video by @krackkokanekhronicles on TikTok late last month garnering over a million views. In the video, the Avid Hotel employee approached the woman in the breakfast area and asked if she was a guest. According to it’s website, Avid offers free breakfast to all of its guests.
“Do I not look like a guest?” the woman asked in the video.
“No, you don’t,” the employee, who appears to be white, responded. “I haven’t seen you.”
The woman, whose name is Martavia, is wearing a black hoodie and sunglasses, asked the employee if she makes the same assumption about other guests staying at the hotel.
“Sometimes,” the employee said.
Before being confronted by the employee, Martavia, was recording herself taking a stroll outside of the hotel before rain started to fall prompting her to go inside. She decided to indulge in some cold breakfast items while the hot breakfast was still being prepared.
Martavia noted in the video that she had booked the room with InterContinental Hotels Group points. According to the woman’s GoFundMe account she had been displaced from her home due to domestic violence issues.
“Well I’m going to sit down and I’m going to see if you’re going to ask everybody if they’re a guest,” the woman responded to the employee
The employee asked the woman her name, but she wouldn’t give it to her. Seconds later, she called the police, telling the dispatcher that Martavia was “causing a scene” and may suffer from mental health issues.
While waiting for officers to arrive, Martavia starting eating a bowl of cereal while the employee continued making phone calls. The employee proceeded to ask the woman over and over if she was guest, but Martavia fended off the question and instead said she would wait for the police to arrive.
“As of right now, I feel racially profiled due to the fact…
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