Anthony was leaving a shopping center in Mobile, when he first noticed the elderly man right outside his white sedan. Seeing that the guy was alone, he made his way through the lot right up to this stranger, confronting him with a question. When he realized what was in the back of the man’s car, their “chance” meeting took an unusual turn. That’s when Kerri Watters entered the scene and snapped a photo.
The unnamed elderly man appeared a bit flustered. He was stuck with a flat tire and was a little on the weak side to be able to change the tire …show more content…
The white man didn’t seem afraid of her husband, which she said she was expecting, since Anthony is a “young black man.”
In her post on Facebook, she showed what Anthony did for this man, as he helped get the spare tire out of the trunk, then got down on the pavement and replaced the flat. In stating a public thank you to this white gentleman for not being “cautious” of her black husband as he approached, she said that she assumed it would have been this man’s natural reaction, based on how people are “made to feel in mainstream media.”
“With the things that have been going on in America, Anthony has every right to feel like he shouldn’t help a white man and this man has every right to feel like he should be cautious of a young black man walking toward him,” Kerri explained in her post, before showing the refreshing reality that we’re all just humans, who can do kind things for each