Woman says she was kicked out of Victoria's Secret store because of her race

Protesters show support for the woman who was kicked out of a Victoria's Secret. Protesters show support for the woman who was kicked out of a Victoria's Secret. Photo: @joshg_TV Photo: @joshg_TV Image 1 of / 5 Caption Close Woman says she was kicked out of Victoria's Secret store because of her race 1 / 5 Back to Gallery

A woman shopping at a mall in Oxford, Ala. says she was kicked out of a Victoria Secret store after another African-American woman was caught shoplifting.

On Thursday, Kimberly Houzah posted an Facebook Live video in which she says she was "put out of Victoria's Secret just for being black."

She says that the manager at the Quintard Mall Victoria's Secret didn't attempt to search her bag before calling police and asking her to leave the store. Houzah adds that she didn't know the woman who was caught shoplifting.

"She caught the other black girl stealing, and she was like, you need to get out," Houzah says in the video. "She didn't accuse me of stealing, but because I'm black and another black person happened to get caught stealing, we've got to be affiliated."

Houzah becomes emotional in the video, which is now going viral. She says that she and the woman who allegedly shoplifted "didn't even come in the store together. We just happened to be in there at the same time."

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After the incident, protesters gathered at the store, asking the manager apologize to Houzah.

A spokesperson for Victoria's Secret says that the manager has not been scheduled to work for the foreseeable future.

Victoria's Secret's Facebook page shared a statement from the corporate office: