Racism in our Backyard

I felt the need to share this incident with the world because it's 2010 and situations like this need to be noted so they are prevented from someone else going through them. Ignorance should not be tolerated and it should not be ignored as a form of handling it. lemme know what you think.

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• Racism
• sports bar
• stereotyping
• carolina ale house
• ale
• house
• ale house
• carolina ale
• NAACP
• discrimination

[xtremeondubs]

Lmao this kid posting this is the ignorant one, The place at the time had a dresscode because of probs it was having on Thurs nights... You enforce a dresscode and you weed certain people out, its not racism its the truth...and LMAO Pf changs a high end establishment.... That sounds like a patron that sits at the bar all night drinking the cheapest beer and maybe leaving a $1 for a tip... Oh wait that explains u exactly....In case you didnt know a server/ bartender makes $4.23 an hour + TIPS!

[DEF4POETRY]

@xtremeondubs lol im well aware of how much a bartender makes...and im well aware that when you work somewhere where A TIP is ur main source of income...you should do ur job to the best of ur abilities. Ale house staff sucked for the longest whether YOU worked there or just someone commenting, hardly anyone deserved a tip and most ppl that go there all felt the same way, service now is much better they got rid of all the crappy ppl and i TIP my bartenders and servers very well bc they deserve it

[DEF4POETRY]

@xtremeondubs dresscode had nothing to do with this situation bc members of the ale house staff understood where i was coming from and had no idea why the hell he went off. but i gave dude credit for being a man an apologizing and now when i see him there is no problem but the fact of the matter is these issues are real issues an happen too often an people always try to dumb down situations where people say someone was racist and i dont understand that either..nobody is calling YOU a racist

[DEF4POETRY]

@xtremeondubs nobody infact is calling this guy a racist it was an act of discrimination period u dont walk around with a stick up ur ass an take it out on someone in ur place of business as a manager. IF i were to have done that any place i've worked as a manager i'd be fired because actions that cant be justified with a reasonable excuse arent tolerable in companies and no corporation wants bad pr in those subjects..the situation was unnecessary period

[kupathequik]

Just sum white perspective on this, im not racist but i have friends on both spectrums. Regardless of how fucked up this is, it happens. Its not uncommon. Its the small stuff that makes (ESPECIALLY older people) blood boil, because they steryotype u on some ignorant shit before you open your mouth. Hope u find a way to spotlight it and bring attention to it, if nothing else

[DEF4POETRY]

@kupathequik its not uncommon exactly... thats why i refuse to not speak out about it, an make a difference in my local area if i can share my experience maybe others will speak out n not brush it off as society has made ppl react..in fear or hopeless that speaking out will only lead to nothing happening or something may b done to them

[superwade13]

that racist guy is a failure. What a shithead

[DEF4POETRY]

@Poet1k but im not dumb, nor am i niave, nor am i affraid to point out the obvious an not make excuses for it. everything isnt a black an white thing, but certain situations are. If you knew me personally you would know im not the type to pull "the race card" at everything that happens.. but the truth of the matter is it still exists an it still happens, an ppl try to deny it by saying "stop with the race excuse, u cant always claim that" the boy who cries wolf theory is the reason racism exist

[DEF4POETRY]

@Poet1k  look i see where ur trying to go with what your saying, but the situation is as simple as this, when you isolate someone in a situation where they havent don anything wrong, an u criticize their appearance especially in a sports bar, n get on their case because of what their wearing an say nothing to anyone else, im sorry.. u can try n make n excuse on what his motives were, but common sense points to the truth, simple as that, he apologized of course because i filed complaints

[Poet1k]

but just the fact alone that the dude was a fat redneck doesn't mean race caused it.. the fact that some ppl are idiots caused it. but anyways dude, i think you should go back in with a ski mask or somethn just to piss him off lol