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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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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?

Guess America is not as racist as democrats would have us beleive.

1 posted on 05/24/2021 12:13:41 PM PDT by qwerty1234
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pretty much what I was going to say


2 posted on 05/24/2021 12:14:52 PM PDT by Pollard
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Perhaps, Dominique, you were turned away because you have a long history of being a pampered jerk.


3 posted on 05/24/2021 12:14:59 PM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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He was turned away because he was wearing Nike sweatpants and not jeans or slacks as is their dress code.


4 posted on 05/24/2021 12:15:01 PM PDT by Skywise
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GREAT POINT!!! HE WASN’T DRESSED APPROPRIATELY!! GET SOME CLASS, BUB!


5 posted on 05/24/2021 12:16:31 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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no no no- He’s special- rules don’t apply to him


6 posted on 05/24/2021 12:16:44 PM PDT by Bob434
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MAN UP RESTAURANT OWNERS!


7 posted on 05/24/2021 12:17:09 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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How is it that this black man, 61 years of age, has never once felt prejudice until this incident?

Your surmise might be correct. But another possibility is that while racism is everywhere, he simply lacked the mental acuity to notice it.

8 posted on 05/24/2021 12:17:52 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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No trainers, DA! I don’t know how many times I was told that in Britain when not getting let in a pub!


9 posted on 05/24/2021 12:18:03 PM PDT by gr8eman (The "R" next to Snake Plisken's name stands for "Retired")
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OH BULLCRAP...
There’s no way that they turned him away because of his skin color. I bet they had a dress code and he come in wearing a bunch of Bling, jeans and a fur coat because he got no class.

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“Wilkins said he was wearing ‘sporty casual’ - with ‘casual pants,’ a red shirt and sneakers. He said a woman at the restaurant remarked that he was wearing ‘sweatpants,’ and said ‘we’re trying to keep a level of elegance,’ according to CBS46.


On the restaurant’s website, it says ‘collared shirts are suggested for gentlemen’ and says that ‘casualwear,’ including sweatpants and athletic attire, are ‘considered too informal for the dining experience we provide.’


10 posted on 05/24/2021 12:18:08 PM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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I figured they would end up ‘apologizing’ for exposing him as a Big Crybaby and a Lazy Slob. Though I doubt that is how they phrased it.


11 posted on 05/24/2021 12:18:09 PM PDT by lee martell
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They have a dress code. They felt he didn’t meet the dress code. They forgot he could play the racist card eliminating any dress code.


12 posted on 05/24/2021 12:18:43 PM PDT by alternatives? (If our borders are not secure, why fund an army?)
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He was turned away because he was wearing Nike sweatpants and not jeans or slacks as is their dress code.

Which is a form of discrimination, because black people can't be expected to wear jeans or slacks, since they can't get downtown to a store to buy them, and besides, nobody would sell them any, even if they could. That's the law.

13 posted on 05/24/2021 12:19:36 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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On the restaurant's website, it says collared shirts are suggested for gentlemen and that casualwear, including sweatpants and athletic attire, are considered too informal for the dining experience we provide.

After 61 years he still can't read, but knows how to race-bait.

14 posted on 05/24/2021 12:20:11 PM PDT by fruser1
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Give me all the money in the cash register!
If you refuse to handover the cash you’re racist...
Everything is racist if someone doesn’t get their way...
Unbelievable!


15 posted on 05/24/2021 12:20:44 PM PDT by Pez149 (Time to stop saying a theory is fact....)
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There’s something missing from this story. Atlanta is more than 60% black, and no restaurant there could possibly discriminate against blacks and think they could get away with it.


16 posted on 05/24/2021 12:21:37 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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Ok, I see it was a dress code issue, not a racial one, as Wilkins claimed.


17 posted on 05/24/2021 12:23:22 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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BS. Atlanta is the black mecca. He needs to put a jacket on, ok? Just because he is ... wait a sec...who is he? Some self-important narcissist. As if Atlanta didn't need any more racial tension, we get this. My good guess it's drivel arranged to feed the fire.
18 posted on 05/24/2021 12:23:32 PM PDT by hoe_cake (A Descendant of the Signers of the Constitution. )
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There’s something missing from this story. Atlanta is more than 60% black, and no restaurant there could possibly discriminate against blacks and think they could get away with it.

Dress code violation. Next time in college he should have taken a reading course instead of basket weaving.

19 posted on 05/24/2021 12:24:01 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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stupid to back down.
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.


20 posted on 05/24/2021 12:24:31 PM PDT by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is???? )
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