‘Why Don’t You be White?’: Racist Karen Tries to Prevent Issac Hayes’ Son from Entering His Upscale Gated Atlanta Community

A video of a huffy white woman confronting a Black neighbor on Christmas Eve at the entrance to their shared gated community is drawing strong reactions online. The video, originally posted to Instagram, was taken by Isaac Hayes III, the son of the legendary Grammy and Oscar-winning singer and composer Isaac Hayes Jr., as he was driving up to the security gate of his townhome community, the Cobblestone at Brookhaven, in the Atlanta area. A screenshot of a video of a woman blocking Isaac Hayes III from entering a gated community in Atlanta. (Photos: Instagram/isaachayes3) Appearing intoxicated on a walk with her dog, the unidentified woman intercepted Hayes in his car while at the complex’s gate, at first refusing to let him near the security keypad and preventing him from entering. She then proceeded to badger him with questions. “You trying to get in? Who are you?” she asked before proclaiming, “I’m on the board!” Hayes’ response of “I don’t care” prompted an inexplicable rant from the woman, who said, “You driving here like a bat out of hell, you drive in and drive out. …& F**k you, it’s all ridiculous, we have dogs, we have people, and you don’t...