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Uber Driver: Passenger Berated Me Thinking I Was Muslim
Woman says man unleashed racially charged tirade against on her, thinking she was Muslim for wearing a head wrap.
ATLANTA, GA -- A full-time Uber driver says she was the subject of a racially charged rant by a passenger she picked up recently in Midtown.
Jasmine Coer said she picked up a man in Atlantic Station Saturday about 2 a.m. She said the problems started when the man mistook her head wrap for being Muslim.
"This isn't a Muslim headdress, this is just my fashion choice," she told WGCL. "He looks at me and I'm like, 'sir get out of my car. I'm calling the cops,' and he goes 'I'm white. I'm a white attorney and you're black.'"
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Other passengers were also in the car, but they felt so bad they asked to be let out, Coer told the TV station.
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Coer said she may not ever drive for Uber again.
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