Hilary Thornton speaks to media about what happened

A white woman who lost her job and has had been branded a racist for blocking a black man from entering their apartment building in St. Louis last week is adamant that she did nothing wrong.

"When I noticed an individual that I did not know here, my only thought was to follow directions I had been given by condo association board members repeatedly -- and that’s to never allow access to anyone that you don’t know," Hilary Thornton said in an interview with local station KTVI.