An Instagram video going viral this week shows one Disneyland guest yelling at another for speaking Spanish in America.
Racist Disneyland Guest Video Goes Viral
The video was filmed by Eva Ramirez in the restroom at the Mickey & Friends parking structure. Ramirez, who was visiting Disneyland Resort with her young son for his birthday, confronted two other guests. She began the video by saying the person in front of her heard her speaking Spanish and complained that she was Mexican (of course, Spanish is a language used by several countries and cultures, but Ramirez does happen to be Mexican). Ramirez asked the woman to repeat what she said and asked if she had a problem with people speaking Spanish.
The woman said, “Yeah because it’s America. It’s America. You don’t speak Spanish in America, an English-speaking country!” For the record, unlike some other countries, the United States of America does not have an official language.
The woman also tried to call out Ramirez for “leaving” her child ten feet away and said “It’s offensive” that Ramirez used the bathroom’s accessible stall when her companion uses a wheelchair. During the conversation, this woman was guarding the second woman’s wheelchair. The second woman eventually exited a different restroom stall, telling the first, “It’s not worth it.”
Ramirez noted in her caption that the “bigger restroom stalls at that location are also for mothers with children and clearly have no handicap signs.” She also said the second woman agreed with the first, but “stayed quiet” after she started recording.
Ramirez told the first woman that her comments were racist, to which the woman responded, “I don’t care! I hate Mexicans, it’s true. There it is.”
Several commenters claimed to know the woman in the video and said that this is not the first time she has said such things to fellow Disney guests.
Ramirez wrote in her Instagram caption, “I can’t believe it’s 2023 and we are knee deep in hatred and bigotry yet this person wasn’t even subtle nor hiding it.” She added that she shared the video because “Racism starts at home. People have access to several resources, but still make the conscious choice to continue to be ignorant. Never thought I’d experience this and I thought I’d ignore someone like this, but in the presence of my son no one will scream at him nor me what language to speak in‼️”
The video contains swearing and more strong language. Watch the video on Instagram below or by clicking here.
