Raleigh woman defends use of racial slur

A Tuesday night dinner at a North Hills restaurant ended in accusations and a racial slur, and the Raleigh woman who uttered it says she would say it again.
Posted 7/24/2019, 10:37:53 PM

>>> I

>>> A WHITE PATRON AT A LOCAL

RESTAURANT CAUSE A BLACK PATRON

THE N-WORD.

>> ALL OF THIS CAPTURED ON

CELLPHONE VIDEO THAT HAS NOW

GENERATED THOUSANDS OF SHARES

AND COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> [ BLEEP ]

>> WE TRACKED DOWN THE WOMEN IN

BOTH SIDES OF THIS VIDEO.

>> SARAH KRUEGER TALKED WITH

THEM ALL AND JOINS US NOW LIVE

IN RALEIGH.

THIS HAPPENING AT A BONEFISH IN

NORTH HILLS, RIGHT?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THIS HAPPENED RIGHT HERE

YESTERDAY EVENING DURING HAPPY

HOUR.

THE WOMAN WHO USED THE RACIAL

SLUR TOLD ME TODAY SHE WILL NOT

APOLOGIZE FOR HER LANGUAGE AND,

IN FACT, SHE SAID SHE WOULD USE

THE SAME WORD AGAIN.

>> JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

>> Reporter: THIS VIDEO SHOWS

AN ENCOUNTER BETWEEN CUSTOMERS

AT THE BONEFISH GRILL IN NORTH

HILLS.

>> THIS PERSON HAS THE AUDACITY

RIGHT HERE TO COME TO OUR TABLE

AND TELL US THAT WE ARE THE

RUDEST PEOPLE THAT SHE HAS EVER

SEEN.

LOOK AT HER PICK

>> Reporter: THEN THE WOMAN WHO

WE NOW KNOW AS NANCY GOODMAN

CALLS ANOTHER CUSTOMER THE N-

WORD.

>> YOU ARE TOO LOUD.

>> IN YOUR OPINION.

LET ME SHOW YOU MY MONEY.

IT'S JUST AS GREEN AS YOURS.

>> WHY ARE YOU SO STUPID [

BLEEP ].

>> Reporter: WE FOUND GOODMAN

AT HER HOME.

>>, 71-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO LIVES

IN RALEIGH.

I SUFFER FROM TREMENDOUS

ANXIETY.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID THAT

ANXIETY AND THE WOMEN'S

BEHAVIOR PUSHED HER TO ACT AS

SHE DID.

>> I'M NOT GOING TO SAY I'M

SORRY TO THEM BECAUSE THEY KEPT

PUSHING AT IT AND THAT'S ALL

I'D REALLY LIKE --

>> WHAT ABOUT YOUR USE OF THE N-

WORD?

>> I'VE USED THAT WORD BECAUSE

THEY FORCED ME INTO IT.

>> DO YOU SEE HOW THAT'S

INCREDIBLY OFFENSIVE?

>> YES.

I DO.

THAT'S WHY I SAID IT.

I WOULD SAY IT AGAIN TO THEM.

>> Reporter: SHE SAID SHE WOULD

USE THAT WORD AGAIN TO YOU ALL.

>> THAT SAID.

>> Reporter: CHANDA STEWART

TOOK THE VIDEO.

HER FRIEND, LAKESHA SHAW, IS

THE ONE WHO WAS CALLED THE

RACIAL SLUR.

>> I DON'T CARE HOW YOU FEEL

LIKE WE SHOULD'VE BEEN ACTING.

IF I WAS STANDING ON THE TABLE

WITH THREE HEADS AND A PURPLE

JUMPSUIT, NOTHING JUSTIFIED YOU

TO COME TO MY TABLE AND CALL ME

A STUPID [ BLEEP ].

>> Reporter: GOODWIN SO SHE

REGRETS NOT ASKING MANAGEMENT

TO TELL THE WOMEN TO BE QUIET

BUT SHE MADE ONE THING CLEAR.

>> YOU'RE NOT SORRY ABOUT

SAYING THE N-WORD?

>> NO.

NO.

>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT

BONEFISH GRILL TELLS US WE DO

NOT TOLERATE HATE SPEECH OR