'I don't want you here': A trending video shows a white woman blocking a Black delivery driver from entering a building to drop off food
- A trending video shows a white woman trying to send away a Black man from dropping off a food delivery order.
- The woman, who says in the video that she lives in the apartment, told Jordan Gipson that "I don't want you here" and blocked him from entering the door.
- Gipson told CBS affiliate KCAL that he filmed and shared the video because he "didn't want to get arrested," adding that she "was a white woman, and just how things are going now, I didn't know how it would transpire."
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A video on Instagram shows a white woman trying to block a Black man from dropping off a food order in a Los Angeles apartment, refusing to believe him when he said he was making a delivery for Postmates.
Jordan Gipson, who filmed and shared the video on Wednesday, told CBS affiliate KCAL that he was trying to make a Postmates delivery at an apartment in Westwood, Los Angeles.
The woman, who says in the video that she lives in the apartment building, told Gipson that "I don't want you here" and blocked him from entering the door. The video shows that Gipson repeatedly told the woman that he was trying to make a food delivery, and called the recipient of the food delivery who confirmed that a Postmates delivery was requested.
But the woman in the video refused to believe he was a delivery driver. She told the residents of the apartment who ordered food that "I'm not letting this man in" and asked if she could bring in the food instead. The recipient eventually came down to the lobby to pick up the food from Gipson.
The woman insults Gipson throughout the video, telling him "You don't got a brain" and "I don't like your f---ing pig f--- phone." At one point, she says, "I don't care if he's a purple man."
Gipson told KCAL that he filmed and shared the video because he "didn't want to get arrested," adding that she "was a white woman, and just how things are going now, I didn't know how it would transpire."
"Situations like the situation I was in…they don't make you. They don't break you," he said. "They should just be something you went through. Resilience is power."
In a statement on Twitter, Postmates said it was "completely appalled by this event that took place."
"Postmates denounces racism, and is committed to the safety of everyone using our platform," the company wrote. "Please know we are looking into this incident and in the process of reaching out to the courier."
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