PHOENIX, AZ (CNN/RNN) – A Phoenix woman was shocked when a woman in a crowded restaurant unleashed a racist rant after she asked if a seat next to her was taken.
Even worse, some of what she said seemed be threatening.
Lennys Bermudez Molina said she began recording after she said the woman offered a shocking response to a simple question at the Wildflower Bread Company in north Phoenix.
"I said, 'Excuse me, is it OK if I sit here next to you?' and she said, 'well do I have a choice?' At first, I thought perhaps I didn't hear her right," Molina said.
During the recording, the woman goes on to say something Molina believes sounded like a threat.
Woman in video: "I want the whole freaking nation to be white.”
Molina: "That's lovely, lady. You know that's never going to happen, right?"
Woman: "It will. You will be wiped out."
Molina: "I've never been told somebody prefers whites."
Woman: "Yes, that would be me."
Molina said she's a proud American of Puerto Rican decent and found the woman's words hurtful.
"She doesn't know who I am,” Molina said. “You, like you don't know people, to judge people without even knowing them."
Wildflower founder Louis Basile said racism and discrimination have no place in his restaurants.
"To be honest with you, (I’m) saddened and shocked," Basile said. "We really embrace the diversity of not only of our work force, but of course, our customers.”
Molina said the woman eventually left the restaurant and went to sit down outside.
A wildflower manager followed to have some words with her before she went on her way.
"It's really disheartening to experience that and I don't want to let go of the hope I have in people to be right and to do the right thing and that definitely was the wrong thing," Molina said.
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