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Saint Louis Waitress Fired For Racist SnapChat Video

Warning: This unedited video contains racial slurs and other language viewers may find offensive.

Warning: This unedited video contains racial slurs and other language viewers may find offensive. At least, you'd better find it offensive.

ST. LOUIS, MO — A Jefferson County woman has been fired after a racist SnapChat video was shared publicly on Facebook late Sunday night. The 15-second video shows Tabitha Duncan riding in a pick-up truck along a dirt road at night, hurling one of a series racial epithets at the camera. Duncan appears to be drinking, as does the driver of the truck.

"Look at my soon-to-be sister-in-law," the cameraman says just after Duncan uses the offensive language. "She looks so pretty."

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Social Bar and Grill in south St. Louis, where Duncan was a waitress until today, was hit Monday with a social media campaign asking for her to be fired. The bar's owners called the video "vile," and did just that.


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The Riverfront Times reports that Duncan's Facebook page included pro-Trump memes and a meme bashing NFL players for taking a knee during the national anthem. Her page is now private (or has been deleted) and Patch has been unable to confirm the RFT's reporting.

According to the sleuthing of a prominent civil rights attorney, Duncan had recently enrolled in the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force said it "values diversity and inclusion" and is looking into the matter.

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