Gail Ciampa: Racial issues simmer in R.I. food community

The Providence Journal ^ | August 21, 2017 | Gail Ciampa, Journal Food Editor

[2ndDivisionVet]

Bakery owners and a chef are pushing fairness, equity and hoping to change the status quo.

Debates on racism are raging today. You’ve seen the images and read the stories of what’s happening around the country.

Very close to home, in Providence, bakery owners and a chef are addressing difficult issues that are simmering in their businesses.

The hospitality community, it seems, is hardly immune to many forms of racism.

Last week, an argument between patrons at Seven Stars Bakery on Hope Street took on racial overtones that the store manager didn’t recognize and deal with. A woman of color left with bad feelings....

[2ndDivisionVet]

Race, race, race, race, race, race, race.

[Neil E. Wright]

What a crock of s**t!

[fieldmarshaldj]

Yeah. I’m sure if a White person left with “bad feelings”, we’d never hear about it.

[Cowboy Bob]

What the world needs ia a “Black and White” cookie!

[cherry]

so this guy is supposed to go LOOK for black people to work for him....listing it in the usual way I guess doesn’t work because blacks...can’t read?...ridiculous...

[livius]

Utterly ridiculous. And the article never even reveals what happened, and why this “woman of color” was so offended. It just suffices to say that she was offended.

[Heart of Georgia]

Maybe the ‘woman of color’ was wearing a burka and was offended because the bakery was selling:

Bagels?
Ham and biscuit?

[Flick Lives]

Last week, an argument between patrons at Seven Stars Bakery on Hope Street took on racial overtones that the store manager didn’t recognize and deal with. A woman of color left with bad feelings.

..and nowhere in the story is it ever explained what this grievance was.

[NorthMountain]

A woman of color left with bad feelings....

Oh NOES!!!! The world's gonna end! A woman of color had bad feelings!

[silverleaf]

My dd works in restaurant and online reviews about “ racism” are posted constantly
It seems folk think they are not being waited on and served fast enough because of skin color
She got the job by walking in and asking ( while dressed as a young professional )

[montag813]

If they keep this up, Whites sick of the race obsession will happily take their business elsewhere.

[montag813]

Utterly ridiculous. And the article never even reveals what happened, and why this “woman of color” was so offended. It just suffices to say that she was offended.

As (Black) comedian Dave Chappelle has said, "the most racist people in the world are Black women."

[bk1000]

Everything blacks find objectional is racism. Even if it isn’t.

[BlueLancer]

So, if I walk into a Caribbean restaurant that has only black or hispanic employees or a Thai restaurant that has only asian employees, I should be offended and take my business elsewhere?

Is that all it takes to become one of the "offended" now?

[GOYAKLA]

There is one!
But, then you knew that, when you posted,
Touche!

[xp38]

We found out recently that the eclipse was racist.

[moovova]

Here ya go...and as usual, the white gets screwed in the middle...

[Maverick68]

The Dems have tripled down on stupidity....America elected Trump in large part due to the fact they were SICK AND TIRED of Obama’s 24/7 race Kabuki...