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Popeyes Chicken Sandwich N-Word Video refers to a viral video of a white man yelling at another customer while in line for a Popeyes Chicken Sandwich in November 2019. During the video, the many yells the word n*gger out several times and storms out. In a follow up video, he is shown outside Popeyes on the ground surrounded by people telling him "say you're sorry" to which he does.

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On November 5th, 2019, Twitter user @ayeblizzy posted a video with the caption "Racists love chicken too" in which a man at the front of the line at Popeyes screams at another customer and says, "you fucking n*gger-ass mother-fuckers, get out of my way." The video garnered over 35,700 likes and 15,100 retweets in three days.

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On November 6th, 2019, Twitter user @ayeblizzy^[1] explained in a series of replies that "He got jumped. 1. The guy was mad cause Popeyes ran out of fries 2. The boy he was screaming at wasnt Black 3. Everybody saying he should have gotten jumped in the store, shot ect. Are the same people sayin RIP to dude that got stabbed. Some people just arent worth your time/life. The dude got what he asked for and thats it, stop asking for more and go about your day" (shown below).

That same day, Twitter user @yungkub_ responded by sharing footage of the white man being taken outside and made to say "I'm sorry" (shown below). The video gained over 20,500 likes and 7,700 retweets in two days.

In the same Twitter thread, that day, Twitter user @RealRawwwww tweeted a video from a second angle (shown below). The video accumulated over 17,900 likes and 7,200 retweets in two days.

Many Twitter users responded to the video praising the restraint of the other customers while other wanted to see the man get beaten up. Outside, some customers stole the man's chicken sandwiches he had just bought. Twitter user, @artlessBrandon^[2] responded by tweeting, "Imagine. You work all day as an underpaid, underrepresented brother. Wait in line for 36 hours for some chicken.And then get the life scared out of you by Colonel sanders. It's a sad day" (shown below). The tweet gained over 1,700 likes and 140 retweets in two days.

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