Missouri waitress sacked over racist video rant

Tabitha 'Tabby' Duncan, 20, was kicked out of the Air Force Reserve after she appeared in a racist Snapchat video. Photo / SnapChat

A Missouri waitress was kicked out of the Air Force Reserve after she appeared in a racist Snapchat video bragging about going "n****r hunting".

Tabitha Duncan, 20, of St Louis, Missouri, "is in the process of being released from her enlistment in the Air Force," Lt Col Chad Gibson told the Air Force Times.

"The video, released days after her enlistment, is intolerable and does not reflect the values of the Air Force."

Duncan was seen on camera hurling the racist insult while drinking a beer and riding on top of a pick-up truck along a dirt road, reports Daily Mail.

The 15-second video was posted on Facebook on Sunday and quickly went viral.

"So we're going n****r hunting today or what?" a man can be heard asking in the video.

"We're f***ing n****r-hunting right now," he adds.

Tabitha 'Tabby' Duncan, 20, was kicked out of the Air Force Reserve after she appeared in a racist Snapchat video. Photo / SnapChat

The camera then pans to Duncan who smiles as she says: "You get them n*****s".

"Look at my soon-to-be sister-in-law," the man filming says seconds later. "She looks so pretty."

It is not clear where the racist video was filmed but Duncan lives in Jefferson County.

Duncan apologized after the footage went viral but insisted she was not racist and that she was with people she "barely knew".

"I was underage drinking and I said something stupid," she told the New York Daily News.

"I have black friends, I have black people in my family, I didn't mean it. I didn't know that I was being [recorded]."

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Gibson told the Air Force Times that Duncan enlisted in the Reserve on or about May 31.

He added that Reserve Command learned of the video on Monday evening, one day after it was posted, and began an investigation.

"We expect all airmen to adhere to our core values, and treat others with a high level of dignity and respect," he said.

"This is intolerable, and we're taking actions in response to it."

Management at Social Bar and Grill described the video as "vile, disgusting and offensive". Photo / Facebook

Social Bar and Grill where Duncan worked as a waitress said they immediately fired her after they learned of the footage.

Management described the video as "vile, disgusting and offensive".

"The incendiary comments made by this employee absolutely does NOT represent the views, opinions, and policies of Social Bar & Grill and it's owners," they said in a statement.

"Nor will they be tolerated in any fashion. Social Bar & Grill and it's owners continue to encourage and seek diversity in its restaurant."