The co-host of the popular ABC morning talk show, The View, Sunny Hostin, has stated that she had to endure heavy racism attacks during her Fourth of July holiday in the Hamptons.
The 49-year-old opened up and talked about her negative experience during an episode of the program that aired last week.
According to the attorney and social commentator, a group of youngsters appeared in front of the beach house she was staying at and started screaming offensive words about her race.
Hostin explained that the intruders were around 20 years old and used the N-word against her and her company.
Furthermore, the young racists allegedly said they were patriots, and that was their holiday.
However, the co-host decided to film the situation, and in the clip, she can be seen asking some teenagers she found outside her rented house if they were the ones shouting the offending slurs.
The questioned youngsters denied any wrongdoing. As a result, the TV personality brought the matter to the police by filing a report of the case.
Following the incident, Hostin later found out the racists attacked her because of the Sag Habor community, which was famous for accommodating African-Americans for many years.
Apparently, the area was the only one where it was allowed for an African-American to purchase a property with a beachfront view back in 1950.
Hostin also explained that the incident managed to ruin the mood of her group for the rest of their vacation.
She stated: “My family, as I said, have rented this house in a predominantly African American community. It has a real history — it’s the only place that blacks were allowed to buy beachfront property in the country — and so it’s the most-owned African American beachfront property in the country.”
One of her guests took what happened very personally because until then, the location had been regarded as a relatively safe one.
It was an emotionally challenging moment for Hostin and even talking about it was difficult.
