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At the lavish event on Embassy Row, Amara Johnson, a black teenager invited as a plus one, found herself at the center of a confrontation with Emily Whitman, the Senator's daughter. What began as a pointed inquiry morphed into an escalated confrontation fueled by entitlement and alcohol. Emily's aggressive behavior culminated with a shove and a string of racial slurs, igniting a social media firestorm overnight.