A Black woman and racial literacy advocate just called out staff at Beaverton Main Library in Oregon for what she says is repeated racial targeting, and the video of her confrontation is making waves online. CB_Whitabetes_01 (@hunkeh_tamer2) on TikTok, who often uses the moniker ‘Crazy Black Librarian’, recorded the entire exchange, detailing how this was the second time she’d been singled out while white patrons with disruptive children were ignored.
In the clip, she directly challenges a library employee, asking what she should do if it happens a third time. The staff member responds with an apology for making her “feel that way.” The moment underscores a larger issue: how even in spaces meant to be inclusive, like libraries, racial bias can show up in subtle ways.
For @hunkeh_tamer2, this isn’t just a personal grievance. It’s part of a broader mission to expose what she calls “whitabetes,” a framework she uses to address anti-Blackness, systemic bias, and the ways whiteness shapes institutions.
The video starts with her recounting the incident in real time
She describes how, for the last five to ten minutes, she’d been listening to a young woman allow her children to run around the library without any restrictions. The kids were loud, disruptive, and seemingly unsupervised, yet no staff member intervened. Meanwhile, she – a Black woman sitting in a corner using headphones – was approached by library staff. The discrepancy was glaring, and she wasn’t afraid to point it out…