Last week, a Black Missouri woman spoke out against an incident of possible racial animosity after a piece of fried chicken was thrown at her while she was stuck in traffic. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Alexis Newsome, took to her Facebook page to share the story, saying a person in a red truck threw the chicken as she sat in the turning lane on Manchester Road. Although she thought the item was an eggshell at first, upon realizing it was a piece of chicken, she believed she was targeted because of her race.
“I don’t want to have to explain this to my five-year-old this is not fair,” she said, explaining that the chicken nearly hit her in the face. “ I was scared. I almost crashed into the car next to me. …I want people to understand what this feels like and how it’s not easy living in this brown skin.”
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“It’s almost something I cannot put into words about how I feel as a mom and a woman of color. I want people to have those conversations with people that if they hear a joke, it’s not funny. We are not doing that; we are not going to speak like that. I want people to combat those types of hate.” ⠀⠀⠀⠀
As a result, the Manchester Police Department is investigating the incident, checking the area to see if anything had been captured on surveillance video.
