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Atlanta restaurant backs down and apologizes after NBA legend Dominique Wilkins says he was turned away because he is black: 'Never have I felt prejudice… until today'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9612171/Atlanta-restaurant-apologizes-Dominique-Wilkins-says-turned-away-black.html ^

Posted on 05/24/2021 12:13:41 PM PDT by qwerty1234

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To: Mr Ramsbotham

Well, they can loot them.


61 posted on 05/24/2021 12:58:24 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: qwerty1234

It’s a good thing that restaurant apologized.

Rebuilding after a nasty fire is just so inconvenient.


62 posted on 05/24/2021 12:58:42 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I love my country. It’s my government that I hate.)
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63 posted on 05/24/2021 1:01:31 PM PDT by deport ( )
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To: PGR88

soo.... his contension is.. this place never serves black people? (because we know that’s not the case)

or... maybe that if he had been white and wearing the exact same outfit they would of let him in?

(because that’s not the case either)

SO.. what is his point?


64 posted on 05/24/2021 1:02:21 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: PGR88

whatever you do, don’t make black people feel uncomfortable.

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Exactly. What I don’t get is how and why black people tolerate these lower standards.

When White people are held to higher standards, but blacks are not - does that not send a message that no on expects blacks to do what white people do?


65 posted on 05/24/2021 1:02:59 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I love my country. It’s my government that I hate.)
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To: Bob434

my kid works p/t in a restaurant in Arlington Va... recently had a table say “racial profiling” because when they asked “what’s in a Moscow Mule” the server gave them the bar menu to read for themselves.
Wha??? How in hell was that profiling? Of course the manager broke his back bending over to apologize and knock stuff off the bill.
People like that are playing Restaurant Chicken. and they usually win.


66 posted on 05/24/2021 1:03:40 PM PDT by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is???? )
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To: NicoDon

You mean to tell me that someone in Atlanta sees a 6’8” black man, sees this man’s face, and doesn’t think they recognize him from all his years of playing for the Atlanta Hawks?

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Well you know how it goes. They all look alike to me.


67 posted on 05/24/2021 1:04:59 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I love my country. It’s my government that I hate.)
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To: gitmo

The article did not show or describe what he was wearing. Instead it showed him dressed up but he was not at that place. Shading the truth.


68 posted on 05/24/2021 1:08:33 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: deport

I think the restaurant worded the apology perfectly. They in no way backed down. Kudos!


69 posted on 05/24/2021 1:10:20 PM PDT by dinodino ( )
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To: dinodino
I think the restaurant worded the apology perfectly. They in no way backed down. Kudos!

Agree, nicely penned. The only sentence missing at the end that would be nice is :LEARN TO READ AND COMPREHEND YOU IDIOT.

70 posted on 05/24/2021 1:11:59 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: NicoDon; Lazamataz

Well, I would not recognize him without a captioned photograph. (Maybe if he was wearing a uniform shirt with a number and nameplate?)


71 posted on 05/24/2021 1:13:25 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: logi_cal869
"Wilkins said he was wearing 'sporty casual' - with 'casual pants,' a red shirt and sneakers."

Recent pic from his Instagram seems to match the description and may even be the exact outfit.

Dominique, This is totally unacceptable and has nothing to do with skin color

72 posted on 05/24/2021 1:15:00 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: wardaddy

“And Big Pussy Bonpensiero”

I had to look that up.


73 posted on 05/24/2021 1:15:25 PM PDT by setter
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To: Stravinsky

Right.

And when I used to watch NBA games, I remember the rule that players that didn’t suit up for the game?

They still had to wear a dress suit.

Isn’t it funny Wilkins had to wear a suit then but not at a fancy restaurant?


74 posted on 05/24/2021 1:16:27 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (I love my country. It’s my government that I hate.)
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To: qwerty1234

Busted!

https://www.instagram.com/p/COY27mdhnK6/?utm_medium=copy_link


75 posted on 05/24/2021 1:16:46 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: qwerty1234

How do “upscale” and “inclusive” go together. Smug, arrogant putzes.


76 posted on 05/24/2021 1:17:02 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar
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To: conservative98

I bet they specify white housecleaners.


77 posted on 05/24/2021 1:18:13 PM PDT by setter
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To: qwerty1234

The frikkin’ article title is misleading.


78 posted on 05/24/2021 1:20:28 PM PDT by Frapster (Don't tread on me.)
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To: qwerty1234
I thought we lived in a country full of white supremacists? How is it that this black man, 61 years of age, has never once felt prejudice until this incident?

Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah!

79 posted on 05/24/2021 1:20:32 PM PDT by GOPJ (Liz Cheney: There was NO VOTER FRAUD Winston. YOU agree Winston? How many fingers Winston...?)
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To: ronniesgal
I do.not.believe. that a black guy in Hotlanta got turned way from a restaurant...... there are plenty monied blacks living there who go out to eat and especially drink.

...heavy tippers, too! /sarc

80 posted on 05/24/2021 1:23:32 PM PDT by Migraine
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