Trinity Bethune said she saw a post on the dealership's page that read, "Congratulations to Bon Quisha on her 2016 Toyota Camry."  

BLACK WOMAN'S FIRST-TIME CAR BUYING EXPERIENCE TURNS SOUR WITH 'RACIST' DEALERSHIP FACEBOOK POST

A Lumberton Honda dealership worker has been fired after a Black Cumberland County woman said her first car-buying experience was ruined because of an offensive Facebook post.  

By Edward Era Barbacena

LUMBERTON, N.C.- A North Carolina woman calls a Facebook post about her racist. It was posted by a dealership after she bought a car there.

The employee responsible for it no longer works there.

The Lumberton Honda dealership is facing backlash from the picture of Trinity Bethune’s major milestone. She said it was the first car she had purchased on her own.

Instead of putting her real name, the post labeled her a derogatory term. She quickly responded to that post Thursday before it was deleted.

However, that quickly changed when Bethune looked on Facebook on Thursday and saw a post on the dealership's page that read, 

"Congratulations to Bon Quisha on her 2016 Toyota Camry."

When Trinity Bethune purchased her 2016 Toyota Camry, she was excited. But, Lumberton Honda soon had her feeling humiliated. On Facebook, the dealership addressed her as “Bon Quisha,” in their congratulations post, angering her

Trinity Bethune commented on the post and she questioned if this was their idea of a joke. Her brother would go onto share the post and it went viral. It went onto make local and national news, leading to the dealership now making a public statement.

“The name ‘Bon Quisha’ seems like a stereotype for someone, you know, for them to be like ghetto,” Bethune said. “It’s something people use towards Black people as a racial slur and as an offensive term.”

The 21-year-old is a personal care assistant at a nursing home. She was happy to buy a car with her own money but now is filled with hurt, knowing she was reduced to a stereotype.

Trinity Bethune

“I feel like my character was played with,” she said. “I mean, I think I carry myself in a very well manner.”

Screenshots of the post have since gone viral on Facebook and TikTok.

Lumberton Honda issued an apology, via Facebook, but did not mention Trinity Bethune by name. They did mention being in business, for over eighteen years, and serving customers of all races, admitting this is evidence they have a long way to go. With that, they said the people involved with the post are no longer working for their company.

WTVD spoke to the dealership owner off-camera. He said that the employee who made the offensive post has been fired. They also reached out to Bethune to apologize on Thursday.

The owner, who noted he was Native American, said the action of that one individual does not represent their diverse group of employees.

Bethune tells WTVD that she is considering some sort of legal action.