South Carolina restaurant kicks blacks out

[Tesseria]

Because it's their property and their beliefs. That's no one else's business, as long as they aren't inflicting pain on others. Keep in mind they'd lose almost all their business and go bankrupt, however.

The discriminated against people can have there own separate, but equal, resturants.

Whatever floats their vote.

[Wisconsin9]

You mean like how every business went bankrupt during Jim Crow? Or how Chik-Fil-A went bankrupt over their donations to anti-gay campaigns?

Alright, then they won't get bankrupt. Not an issue if people want to keep eating there despite their bigoted view.

For you, maybe.

[The UK in Exile]

You mean like how every business went bankrupt during Jim Crow? Or how Chik-Fil-A went bankrupt over their donations to anti-gay campaigns?

Alright, then they won't get bankrupt. Not an issue if people want to keep eating there despite their bigoted view.

the perpetuation and normalization of bigoted views is an issue actually.

[Celeseth]

America is still a Racist country, if we wren't we wouldn't question the presidents citizenship and we would not turn a blind eye when a real foreigner wants to run for president... Who happens to be white & republican

[The Rich Port]

I need more information and the other side of the story.

"I felt threatened by the black people."

There.

[Celeseth]

Alright, then they won't get bankrupt. Not an issue if people want to keep eating there despite their bigoted view.

the perpetuation and normalization of bigoted views is an issue actually.

Absloutely, the USA suffers greatly from that.

[Wind in the Willows]

I need more information and the other side of the story.

"I felt threatened by the black people."

There.

Did the customer actually say that?

[Vicswampia]

Dude, are you that bigoted?

He has a point.

He says they didn't remove the group because they're black.

When they clearly did.

[The UK in Exile]

"I felt threatened by the black people."

There.

Did the customer actually say that?

Does he have to say it for it to be true?

[Free Tristania]

The restaurant had a complaint from another patron. They did the right thing and removed the offenders before causing a bigger scene with the person who complained. This was a move to protect their business, not some racist ulterior motive.

I'm certain that since this is the US we're talking about, if a group of 25 white people walked in dressed in certain attire, perhaps acting boisterously, the restaurant would throw them out no matter what colour they were.

This whole story sounds fishy. I suspect that the black patrons cried "racism" because they're perfectly human, just like the other 99.9% of people on Earth. They want money, and they want attention. A shrewd lawyer probably thought all the publicity up.

I can imagine that if 25 native Dutch would walk into a restaurant here acting as you have described then they would be kicked out just as fast as 25 Turkish immigrants doing the same.

[Wind in the Willows]

Did the customer actually say that?

Does he have to say it for it to be true?

Did he say that exact quote, yes or no?

[Genivaria]

"I felt threatened by the black people."

There.

Did the customer actually say that?

Did the group actually do anything other then being black?

[Vicswampia]

America is still a Racist country, if we wren't we wouldn't question the presidents citizenship and we would not turn a blind eye when a real foreigner wants to run for president... Who happens to be white & republican

If you're talking about McCain, he was born in the Panama Canal Zone, which at the time was a an American territory.

I'm not sure if that's constitutional or not, just shouting it out.

[The Rich Port]

"I felt threatened by the black people."

There.

Did the customer actually say that?

Unless the party was threatening customers or being rowdier than people get at wing places (quite rowdy in my experience), I doubt it's anything else.

What were they doing, peeing on the floor? Fighting? The news source doesn't show that. It says they were just eating at a wing joint.

[Sibirsky]

Except that's not what the law says.

The restaurant had a complaint from another patron. They did the right thing and removed the offenders before causing a bigger scene with the person who complained. This was a move to protect their business, not some racist ulterior motive.

25 > 1. You understand this, right? It was detrimental to their business even if this went no further. But this will cause a lot more problems, than the loss of 25 customers. Good.

25 regulars no less. You are not making any kind of business sense.

"No, we will not ask them to leave. If you feel threatened, I assure you that these are our regular customers and will not harm anyone. So please stay. If you still feel threatened for some reason, you are welcome to try a different restaurant."

[The UK in Exile]

Does he have to say it for it to be true?

Did he say that exact quote, yes or no?

maybe. maybe not.

[Leningrad Union]

Someone felt threatened, period.

[Lordieth]

Did the customer actually say that?

Did the group actually do anything other then being black?

I think it was pretty inconsiderate of them. I mean, if the customer felt threatened by them, they should have just stopped being black, right?

[The UK in Exile]

Someone felt threatened, period.

they were free to leave.

[Genivaria]

The restaurant had a complaint from another patron. They did the right thing and removed the offenders before causing a bigger scene with the person who complained. This was a move to protect their business, not some racist ulterior motive.

25 > 1. You understand this, right? It was detrimental to their business even if this went no further. But this will cause a lot more problems, than the loss of 25 customers. Good.

25 regulars no less. You are not making any kind of business sense.

"No, we will not ask them to leave. If you feel threatened, I assure you that these are our regular customers and will not harm anyone. So please stay. If you still feel threatened for some reason, you are welcome to try a different restaurant."

^THIS is how you deal with a customer making a scene.

[Sibirsky]

That one customer could easily spread negative comments about the establishment online, which can seriously affect how much business the establishment receives in the future.

And 25 negative complaints is not as severe as 1 how?

Not just 25.

They are regulars. They know other regulars. If I was one of the 25, I could ruin their entire business, without any lawsuit.

[Greed and Death]

They didn't remove them based on them being black. The complainant felt threatened by them. I don't see a mention of race being the specific reason for why they were removed.

They were removed because the customer felt threatened. The customer felt threatened because they were black.

If it had been 25 white customers, do you think the restaurant would have removed them? 25 paying customers? Or would they have told that one customer they were being ridiculous? I see no reason or justification given why these customers were removed, or any justification for the customer to feel threatened. If this isn't a racial issue, I don't know what is.

First off I think the claim the complaining customer was white is questionable. The manager is never quoted as saying the customer was white, and it is bad customer service policy to invite conflicts by pointing out complaining customers to other customers.

Second There is nothing definitive to tie the customer's complaint to be based on race. Until I get the other side of the story why it is just an unknown.

Third Discrepancy in the time one account says they waited 2 hours and were kicked out as soon as they were seated, another account says they were sitting their peaceably for two hours. Given this is a wing and beer place there is a question of how much were they drinking, were they sitting were they waiting.

Fourth it appeals they were kicked out for recording the incident rather than the incident itself.

[Lordieth]

25 > 1. You understand this, right? It was detrimental to their business even if this went no further. But this will cause a lot more problems, than the loss of 25 customers. Good.

25 regulars no less. You are not making any kind of business sense.

"No, we will not ask them to leave. If you feel threatened, I assure you that these are our regular customers and will not harm anyone. So please stay. If you still feel threatened for some reason, you are welcome to try a different restaurant."

^THIS is how you deal with a customer making a scene.

I agree.

You could argue that the restaurant didn't properly think the situation through, but no way can you say they made a sound business move. If all the patrons where white and not black, then I do not think the situation would have played out the way it did, which still leads me to believe it was racially motivated.

[The Rich Port]

Also, great business sense by the Café.

They throw out 25 customers because of the one who felt "threatened."

"Uh, yeah, I'll get right on that, ma'am."

*does nothing and no fucks are given*

[Farnhamia]

They were removed because the customer felt threatened. The customer felt threatened because they were black.

If it had been 25 white customers, do you think the restaurant would have removed them? 25 paying customers? Or would they have told that one customer they were being ridiculous? I see no reason or justification given why these customers were removed, or any justification for the customer to feel threatened. If this isn't a racial issue, I don't know what is.

First off I think the claim the complaining customer was white is questionable. The manager is never quoted as saying the customer was white, and it is bad customer service policy to invite conflicts by pointing out complaining customers to other customers.

Second There is nothing definitive to tie the customer's complaint to be based on race. Until I get the other side of the story why it is just an unknown.

Third Discrepancy in the time one account says they waited 2 hours and were kicked out as soon as they were seated, another account says they were sitting their peaceably for two hours. Given this is a wing and beer place there is a question of how much were they drinking, were they sitting were they waiting.

Fourth it appeals they were kicked out for recording the incident rather than the incident itself.

Except that the incident was being asked to leave.