James Conley III says he was "racially profiled" at an Old Navy store in Des Moines, US, where a store clerk accused him of stealing the jacket he wore to the shop.
On Monday, the man walked into the Iowa store wearing a blue Old Navy jacket that he had received for Christmas.
He went up to the counter to pay for some hoodies and the man behind the counter asked him if he also wanted to buy the jacket he was wearing.
"First, I started laughing because I didnt believe what I was hearing," the man said on Facebook.