A Black Amazon employee is out of a job after being fired following a racist verbal attack by a white man while making a delivery.
Nikolas Mayrant, who happens to be the brother of popular social media influencer Heather Rose, was delivering a package to the home of Brad Boynton in Cornelius, North Carolina, on Monday. The incident, captured on a Ring Doorbell camera, shows Boynton becoming angry at how Mayrant parked the Amazon truck. He also accuses Mayrant of breaking several Amazon policies. When Boynton, who is also employed with the company, calls a colleague to report Mayrant, he calls him the N-word multiple times and takes photos of him. According to a Go Fund Me page, Mayrant says he was terminated shortly after the ordeal.
Heather Rose posted the video on her Instagram page, which shows the confrontation and Boynton saying the N-word multiple times as he scolds Mayrant about parking on the grass. The video attracted over 150,000 views and over 2,000 outraged comments. She called on her large following to help her get justice for her brother, who was wrongly terminated.
“My brother is now out of a job with a brand new car and apartment! I’ve called Amazon 100 times making a complaint. I’m asking that you do the same. Or tell me something better I can do!!!” she wrote.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump also shared the “unacceptable” video on his Twitter, demanding answers to why the young man was fired when he was clearly the victim.
According to a screenshot of a now disabled LinkedIn profile, Boynton works with Amazon Transportation Services as a Program Manager for Key Initiatives. Amazon has not publicly commented on the situation.
