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Michigan Karen Yells ‘WHITE PRIVILEGE’ After Antagonizing Black Motorbike Riders<!-- wp:html --><p>The Daily Beast/Facebook</p> <p>The happiness of two Black bikers celebrating the summer in Michigan was interrupted this week by a white woman who chastised them for cruising around her town before yelling that she had “white privilege.”</p> <p>Darius Bankhead Sr. and James Grisham, both from Muskegon, took their motorcycles to Grand Haven to enjoy the annual <a href="https://tickets.coastguardfest.org/">Coast Guard Festival</a>, but the fun was ruined when a road-rage Karen allegedly harassed them on the road.</p> <p>In an interview with The Daily Beast Friday, Bankhead said he was supposed to be meeting with his girlfriend on Thursday to reserve a spot to watch the fireworks. However, it started raining, so he and Grisham rode their bikes to get his car. That’s when they noticed a woman aggressively driving behind them.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/michigan-karen-yells-white-privilege-after-antagonizing-black-motorbike-riders">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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The happiness of two Black bikers celebrating the summer in Michigan was interrupted this week by a white woman who chastised them for cruising around her town before yelling that she had “white privilege.”

Darius Bankhead Sr. and James Grisham, both from Muskegon, took their motorcycles to Grand Haven to enjoy the annual Coast Guard Festival, but the fun was ruined when a road-rage Karen allegedly harassed them on the road.

In an interview with The Daily Beast Friday, Bankhead said he was supposed to be meeting with his girlfriend on Thursday to reserve a spot to watch the fireworks. However, it started raining, so he and Grisham rode their bikes to get his car. That’s when they noticed a woman aggressively driving behind them.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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