White man who refused to sell Cam Newton his airplane seat for $1500 accused of racism

Greg P. | 9:28 PM on June 23, 2019

There’s a viral video making its way around Twitter this weekend that shows NFL star QB Can Newtown offering a man $1500 for his seat that has more legroom with the unidentified man turning down the generous offer. Have a watch:

So this happened… @CameronNewton offered a man $1500 cash for extra leg room on a 10hr flight and the man said “No??” #GiveFranceTheNFL pic.twitter.com/xQohV9Ngef

— Eli Edwards (@ElisaraEdwards) June 22, 2019

But then Twitchy regular Tariq Nasheed entered the debate and accused the man of not taking the money because it “was and insult to his WHITENESS”:

Cam Newton offered a white man $1500 to exchange seats with him and the man turned him down. And many people are confused as to why he didn’t take the money. He didn’t take the offer because this was an insult to his WHITENESS. https://t.co/l05ZDAb4cy

— Tariq Nasheed ?? (@tariqnasheed) June 23, 2019

He later doubled-down on the racism charges in an 11-tweet thread, which we won’t bother you with in its entirety. Click below if you want to see all the lunacy:

1. Ppl felt a way in the comments of this tweet I made earlier. They said I was reaching..So lets do an analysis of the general anti-Black animosity that comes with the airline. People in the dominant society have always had an intrinsic anxiety about traveling with Black people https://t.co/yxyde4CM6S

— Tariq Nasheed ?? (@tariqnasheed) June 23, 2019