Miya Ponsetto, the 22-year-old girl also called “SoHo Karen,” was interviewed by CBS This Morning’s Gayle King final week, and now that the interview has aired, it’s sparking loads of backlash.
The primary a part of the interview aired on Friday (Jan. 8), and on Monday (Jan. 11), the second and ultimate section of the interview was launched. In it, Ponsetto is requested to deal with accusations of racially profiling a Black teenager who she believed stole her cellphone and tackling him. It ended up that Ponsetto left her cellphone in an Uber.
Ponsetto mentioned it’s not potential for her to racially profile somebody or in any other case be racist as a result of she is herself a lady of colour. She insisted to King that the false accusation towards Harrold’s son was not about race however that she thought “any individual” strolling out of the foyer may need had her cellphone.
“I wasn’t racial profiling in any respect. I am Puerto Rican,” Ponsetto mentioned. “I am, like, a lady of colour. I am Italian, Greek, Puerto Rican.”
When requested whether or not she thought she couldn’t be racist as a result of she was a lady of colour, Ponsetto advised King, “precisely.”
“Properly, I’d disagree with that,” King mentioned. “Folks of colour may be racist too. Do you consider that you need to pay a worth for this?”
“I do not really feel that my accusation is against the law,” Ponsetto responded.
King then confronted Ponsetto in the course of the interview about her obvious lack of regret for the incident. As an alternative, Ponsetto says she can also be traumatized.
“He is 14? That is what they’re claiming? Yeah. I am 22,” Ponsetto mentioned. “I’ve lived most likely simply the identical quantity of life as him. Like, actually. I am simply as a child at coronary heart as he’s. I really feel sorry that I made the household undergo, like, all of that stress. However on the identical time, it wasn’t simply them going by way of that.”
Watch the total section beneath.
Miya Ponsetto, the 22-year-old girl also called “SoHo Karen,” was interviewed by CBS This Morning’s Gayle King final week, and now that the interview has aired, it’s sparking loads of backlash.
The primary a part of the interview aired on Friday (Jan. 8), and on Monday (Jan. 11), the second and ultimate section of the interview was launched. In it, Ponsetto is requested to deal with accusations of racially profiling a Black teenager who she believed stole her cellphone and tackling him. It ended up that Ponsetto left her cellphone in an Uber.
Ponsetto mentioned it’s not potential for her to racially profile somebody or in any other case be racist as a result of she is herself a lady of colour. She insisted to King that the false accusation towards Keyon Harrold’s son was not about race however that she thought “any individual” strolling out of the foyer may need had her cellphone.
“I wasn’t racial profiling in any respect. I am Puerto Rican,” Ponsetto mentioned. “I am, like, a lady of colour. I am Italian, Greek, Puerto Rican.”
When requested whether or not she thought she couldn’t be racist as a result of she was a lady of colour, Ponsetto advised King, “precisely.”
“Properly, I’d disagree with that,” King mentioned. “Folks of colour may be racist too. Do you consider that you need to pay a worth for this?”
“I do not really feel that my accusation is against the law,” Ponsetto responded.
King then confronted Ponsetto in the course of the interview about her obvious lack of regret for the incident. As an alternative, Ponsetto says she can also be traumatized.
“He is 14? That is what they’re claiming? Yeah. I am 22,” Ponsetto mentioned. “I’ve lived most likely simply the identical quantity of life as him. Like, actually. I am simply as a child at coronary heart as he’s. I really feel sorry that I made the household undergo, like, all of that stress. However on the identical time, it wasn’t simply them going by way of that.”
Watch the total section beneath.