Published Jul 14, 2021 Updated Jul 14, 2021, 6:26 pm CDT
A viral TikTok shows an alleged case of racial discrimination as a Mexican family was kicked out of a pool at Flex Fitness and Recreation Center in Hendersonville, North Carolina for playing Spanish music. Featured Video Hide
The video, which has 6.8 million views, was posted by Bianca Figueroa, or @esposatoxica, and showed the family sitting with a cop standing nearby. The officer and a woman in red begin exchanging words in Spanish. Advertisement Hide
In translation, shown in the overlay, she told the officer, “It hurts me to see the inequality and racism. I will explain to you what happened, and we will leave because I understand your job; you’re an employee.”