Posted on 05/28/2015 5:33:55 PM PDT by BBell
There are countless reasons to be outraged by last week's revelations that a waiter at Huck Finn's, a French Quarter restaurant, thought it appropriate to print the N-word on a receipt delivered to a table of African-American diners.
Debate over whether the racial invective was an "isolated incident" has raged online for a week. While I find it difficult not to question a working environment that allowed for an employee to use the company point of sale system as a forum for bathroom wall graffiti, the truth of whether the act was an aberration is immaterial to the issue of the message sent in the dining room and beyond. (Ask the folks up at Ole Miss about the effectiveness of dismissing last year's student noose "prank" as an isolated incident.)
The Huck Finn's news went viral. How could it not? The offense in question did not appear in a rap song or between the covers of an immortal 19th century novel. It appeared on the legal document that officially consummated a business transaction conducted within the four walls of the very type of institution where segregation was brought to its bloody knees.
Lesser vulgarities become bigger news on an hourly basis, and this one isn't likely to fade from public view soon. Liryca Neville, the recipient of the receipt and a member of the world-famous New Orleans music family, said during a press conference on May 19 that she was considering filing legal action against Huck Finn's.
But I ask you to consider here the damage to New Orleans itself.
I recently returned from a long weekend's vacation. The bulk of it was spent in a part of the country foreign to my wife and me. We went there to spend time together, not to meet new people, and, as a
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That’s Cyril’s wife. I wonder if this is their daughter. Hard to say, because Cyril is the militant Neville, colossal chip on his shoulder.
Hmmm, maybe the N word was Neville. Maybe she is looking to start a career of her own and wanted a little attention to get her name out there. I can’t imagine anyone working in an establishment like that would knowingly mistreat a Neville.
Maybe it was N-word Jim.
Murders etc. are common occurences. Racism is not, hence the news story. The more unusual something becomes the more it will be a news story
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