Gay DC bartender claims Uber driver kicked him out due to homophobia

NoName999 · Jul 19, 2018

MOD EDIT: The article quoted below changed the title of the original source story, which didn't bring up the passenger's race. Both the passenger and driver are black. Here is the original article:

https://www.metroweekly.com/2018/07...iver-kicked-him-out-of-car-due-to-homophobia/

The title of this thread has been updated to reflect the original article.

A gay, black man in D.C. said that he was kicked out of an Uber and had to face the police because he's gay.

Chris Williams is a bartender on U Street. He ended his shift on June 27 and called an Uber to go home.

While he was being driven home, he received a call from his grandfather. He said that while he was talking, he used "tag words" like "honey" and "darling," and the video of the confrontation shows that Williams has a stereotypically gay voice.

Williams said that it was when the driver heard the word "darling" that he stopped the car.

"As soon as [the driver] heard the word, darling, he has to pull over… I'm like, wait, this is new. This isn't my stop," Williams told Metro Weekly.

"He said 'You literally actually need to get out of my car, because I'm not taking you anywhere.' And, so I'm looking at this man, like, what, wait a minute. What's wrong?"

Williams said that the driver told him to get out again, and when he asked why, the driver called the police. When two officers responded to the call, Williams said the the driver refused to talk to him and only talked to the cops.

"The way that you just treated me right now and I just sat here and looked at you and told you what the fuck is going on, and you want to sit here and be a bigot? Go ahead," Williams said.

He started recording the interaction with his phone when the police arrived.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/07/dc-uber-driver-calls-cops-black-man-sounding-gay/

Will this ever end? Of course not.

Call cops on me for stupid reasons if old

BriGuy · Jul 19, 2018

That's like a two-fer of intolerance. Season's only half way over though, so there's still time to top it.

Shauni · Jul 19, 2018

'Hey, we got a gay sounding guy up in here' feels like a movie line, but I can't place it.

NinjaScooter · Jul 19, 2018

Being black while gay.

WiiDSmoker · Jul 19, 2018

NinjaScooter said:
Being black while gay.

I don't know why people keep asking the "while X"

It's just simply being black is the issue with these people.

EdibleKnife · Jul 19, 2018

NinjaScooter said:
Being black while gay.

I'm surprised the Uber driver didn't piss himself in fear. That's like sharing a car with 9 starving bobcats :/

MrRob · Jul 19, 2018

Tired of these pansy ass white folks using the police as their own personal hit men.

You know as well as I do they are hoping that when the police come the 'scary black man' says or does something 'threatening' enough to get shot. They would cream their pants.

Hollywood Duo · Jul 19, 2018

Uber probably upped his pay after this.

WiiDSmoker said:
I don't know why people keep asking the "while X"

It's just simply being black is the issue with these people.

Eh they don't exactly love gay people either.

Not · Jul 19, 2018

And the driver apparently did the same. Uber told Williams that the driver said that he was "overly flirtatious" and "used physical contact," and he's considering unspecified legal action.

Jeez, dude, take the compliment

/s

Deleted member 14900 · Jul 19, 2018

I don't know why but I'm having a hard time processing this one.

AlexFlame116 · Jul 19, 2018

EDIT: Already posted above me. Good.

Officer Big Mac · Jul 19, 2018

Williams claims that Uber contacting him to tell him that the driver had claimed he was "overly flirtatious" during the ride and "used physical contact," and is considering further legal action because of it. Uber denied commenting on this accusation.

Whoever this MetroWeekly is they need some editors. Uber guy driver is considering legal action?

I Don't Like · Jul 19, 2018

In fucking DC? Oh hell no. That's not how we roll here bitch. I hope he follows up; i want to know what Uber decides after its investigation. Not that I use them anymore anyway but this is some shit.

Musubi · Jul 19, 2018

The most fragile of ego's

Slayven · Jul 19, 2018

Being racist in DC aka Chocolate City must be tiring

Yerffej · Jul 19, 2018

Are we doomed? Is this it? The fuck is the world coming to?

Android 18 · Jul 19, 2018

Can we stop saying that race has something to do with this? If you watch the video, the Uber driver was also black, stop immediately saying it was a white person.

Hollywood Duo · Jul 19, 2018

Slayven said:
Being racist in DC aka Chocolate City must be tiring

ElBoxy · Jul 19, 2018

The Legion of Doom strikes again.

bionic77 · Jul 19, 2018

Black and gay.

If he was Muslim too they would have had to call in the army.

Playco Armboy · Jul 19, 2018

Black and gay, that's like a double dehumanizing stare.

Dook's Revenge · Jul 19, 2018

Android 18 said:
Can we stop saying that race has something to do with this? If you watch the video, the Uber driver was also black, stop immediately saying it was a white person.

Lol. It's one of those headlines again. Such an interesting phenomenon.

ScaleboundGOTY · Jul 19, 2018

The driver should be arrested for saying "literally actually" ughhhhhhhhh

Bubble Metropolis · Jul 19, 2018

Teh Hamburglar said:
Whoever this MetroWeekly is they need some editors. Uber guy driver is considering legal action?

Yes, that seems to be the gist of that quote, for being sexually harrassed by the passenger, I assume.

I Don't Like · Jul 19, 2018

Slayven said:
Being racist in DC aka Chocolate City must be tiring

This could be racist + homophobic which must be extra tiring.

TinfoilHatsROn · Jul 19, 2018

NinjaScooter said:
Being black while gay.

More like just being gay. He pulled over because the dude said 'darling'.

Loudninja · Jul 19, 2018

Android 18 said:
Can we stop saying that race has something to do with this? If you watch the video, the Uber driver was also black, stop immediately saying it was a white person.

Umm black people can be racist against other black people.

Slayven · Jul 19, 2018

PlayALLTheGames said:
This could be racist + homophobic which must be extra tiring.

And Uber is probably his second job, poor guy

ZiggyPalffyLA · Jul 19, 2018

MrRob said:
Tired of these pansy ass white folks using the police as their own personal hit men.

You know as well as I do they are hoping that when the police come the 'scary black man' says or does something 'threatening' enough to get shot. They would cream their pants.

White people call the cops like they're customer service

Kaako · Jul 19, 2018

In DC?! He must've been out his damn mind.

BlueTsunami · Jul 19, 2018

Driver was worried he was at risk of GAY SEX. Because thats how it works? Nothing strikes more fear in a card carrying hetero male.

TinfoilHatsROn · Jul 19, 2018

Loudninja said:
Umm black people can be racist against other black people.

Well tbf there is a poster assuming it was a white person.

But that's only one poster so I dunno what the dude you quoted is saying. Also yes minorities can be racist to others of their race.

Edit: 2 now.

I KILL PXLS · Jul 19, 2018

Lol. If you don't want to have gay black passengers, you probably shouldn't be anywhere near U street. For real though, that's ridiculous.

SapientWolf · Jul 19, 2018

Loudninja said:
Umm black people can be racist against other black people.

He didn't kick him out the car for sounding black.

I Don't Like · Jul 19, 2018

Android 18 said:
Can we stop saying that race has something to do with this? If you watch the video, the Uber driver was also black, stop immediately saying it was a white person.

God bless your heart. If it were only that simple.

Doctoglethorpe · Jul 19, 2018

"Damn he gay too? My tolerance has limits damnit, I can't do this!"

hordak · Jul 19, 2018

I drove for Uber and Lyft for three years and only kicked people out of my car for puking and smoking. Even the touchy drunk people were okay. Well they never grabbed my crotch, so...

BossAttack · Jul 19, 2018

TinfoilHatsROn said:
More like just being gay. He pulled over because the dude said 'darling'.

DC also has a large gay population/community.

Deleted member 5359 · Jul 19, 2018

Dook's Revenge said:
Lol. It's one of those headlines again. Such an interesting phenomenon.

"Interesting" is one way to put it.

killdatninja · Jul 19, 2018

He lost his shit because he got called darling??

Reminds me of some of the posts from that "behind the counter culture" thread

Anti · Jul 19, 2018

How a driver looking like that is going to sue saying the passenger saying he was "overly flirtatious" and "used physical contact", seriously who's gonna believe that bs?

Deleted member 23212 · Jul 19, 2018

Black and (assumed) gay, one of a bigot's worst nightmares.

Dook's Revenge · Jul 19, 2018

Blade Runner said:
"Interesting" is one way to put it.

It is strange that in some headlines about hate crimes or bigotry, the race of the offender is left out. It always leads to confusion and misplaced anger.

Wilsongt · Jul 19, 2018

NinjaScooter said:
Being black while gay.

And Georgian.

Reverse Giraffe · Jul 19, 2018

I really hope that Uber is contacted repeatedly in the coming days and weeks. This is something that needs to be followed up on.

Deleted member 15326 · Jul 19, 2018

Anti said:
How a driver looking like that is going to sue saying the passenger saying he was "overly flirtatious" and "used physical contact", seriously who's gonna believe that bs?

Lol right?

Looking at the pics of the passenger and the driver should be enough to get the driver's complaints tossed out IMMEDIATELY

TinfoilHatsROn · Jul 19, 2018

BossAttack said:
DC also has a large gay population/community.

Ah. So I don't understand why the fuck that bigot is in DC.

Also the fucker is literally trying to pin false crimes on the gay dude. Thank fuck for phones in this day and age.

American Eskimo · Jul 19, 2018

MrRob said:
Tired of these pansy ass white folks using the police as their own personal hit men.

What white folks?

Volimar · Jul 19, 2018

For a discussion forum, written in text, I'll never understand how it is so hard to read the OP. Your rage can wait two minutes while you get the facts of the case.

RPGam3r · Jul 19, 2018

I'm pretty sure the percentage of users that reads beyond the title or actually go to the source is so ridiculously low based on threads like this.

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