Author Roxane Gay humiliated by 'racist' Best Buy employee; Updated with new tweets

Last night Roxane Gay, professor of English at Purdue University and an acclaimed author, claimed she was hassled by a racist Best Buy employee. In her own words:

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/495337162364420097

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/495337230995841024

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/495337619140919296

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/495338512292773889

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https://twitter.com/rgay/status/495338840845193216

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Brendan at Best Buy tried his best to sort things out:

@rgay I don't understand- are you making a return? Do you have a receipt? ^Brendan

— Best Buy Support (@BestBuySupport) August 1, 2014

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/495339103731609600

@rgay I see. Did he ask to see your receipt? Our front end associates often ask to see them on the way out. ^Brendan

— Best Buy Support (@BestBuySupport) August 1, 2014

https://twitter.com/SakuraChica/status/495340600003395584

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/495340794510057472

@rgay Oh my, that is rather poor service to put it lightly. I am sorry about this. Did you ask to speak to a manager? ^Brendan

— Best Buy Support (@BestBuySupport) August 1, 2014

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/495341362561433601

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/495341668045185025

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@rgay Please send an email with the details to [email protected], we do not accept that kind of service in our stores. ^Brendan

— Best Buy Support (@BestBuySupport) August 1, 2014

This is a relevant detail that we don’t really understand:

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/495342032366620673

What did she need opened? We wish she had said more about this, but apparently she is done discussing the matter:

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/495342266803027969

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/495365658029617153

Update:

Gay continued to tweet about the incident today:

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/495557728585396224

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/495557970303152128

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/495572102926589952

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/495575524287475714

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/495576948249489408

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/495628367174303744

https://twitter.com/rgay/status/495628467279790080