Posted on 03/04/2015 5:00:00 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Jim Boggess says everyone should be proud of who they are. His sign celebrating his own White History Month has gotten quite a bit of attention.
A Flemington business owner's attempt to celebrate his white heritage has caught the attention - and ire - of several of his neighbors, the Hunterdon County Democrat reports.
Jim Boggess, proprietor of Jimbo's Deli on Main, displays a sign in the window of the 22 Main St. establishment that reads "CELEBRATE YOUR WHITE HERITAGE IN MARCH, WHITE HISTORY MONTH," the Democrat reports on nj.com.
Boggess said other groups have their celebrations, and any racial discrimination is by people who object to his sign because he's white.
"I just want to be included. Why is this such a big deal? I just don't get it," Boggess told the Democrat.
The sign caught the attention of neighbor and former customer Bhakti Curtis on March 3, who told Boggess the sign offended him. He then filed a complaint with Flemington police, according to the report.
Curtis told police the sign is "racist" and that he felt harassed by it, Cpl. Louis Hribik wrote in his report, according to the Democrat.
The corporal went to the deli, looked at the sign and spoke with Boggess. He determined the sign wasn't racist and didn't require any further police action, the Democrat reports.
Curtis, who is part white, didn't agree.
"A business can't go putting racist signs in the window, because everybody has a right to go in that store," Curtis told the Democrat. "Everybody! And have a right to buy something from that man and not feel demoralized or degraded."
Boggess told the Democrat people have been photographing the sign and giving him a thumbs up, but someone from the Business Improvement District asked him to remove it. He keeps a copy of the Bill of Rights in the deli for reference, according to the report.
Main Street Bagel Co. owner John Puckett is among those who are critical of the sign. He told the Democrat it's an embarrassment to Flemington and "makes us look like a town full of inbreds."
Boggess plans to leave the sign up for as long as he can, according to the report, but he's "getting a lot of pressure."
He needs to celebrate the Crayola Flesh colored crayon.
people would feel degraded.....by goin into the guys store????
how would a white guy FEEL ..if he even wanted to go into a store bearing a black history month sign on its window?
that doesnt matter does it.
whattya bet he posts here and saw my announcement of March as White History Month...
Some speech more free than other speech.
I am very proud of my heritage, too bad it makes me a racist.
If there are now 57 genders, why are there only two skin colors?
>>He needs to celebrate the Crayola Flesh colored crayon.<<
Burnt Sienna — my favorite!
watch whites, even white gun owning republicans, throw the guy under the bus. guarantee it.
the brainwashing has infected most.
> everybody has a right to go in that store
Has any one been denied entry?
“”A business can’t go putting racist signs in the window, because everybody has a right to go in that store,” Curtis told the Democrat. “Everybody! And have a right to buy something from that man and not feel demoralized or degraded.””
Does that mean I have a right to go into your house and buy something from you, maybe your family airlooms? Maybe that car you were planning on selling to your son at a baron price? Lets not do price discrimination just because I don’t have the same ancestors as your children....
Only a moron or a thief believes everyone has a right to everyone else’s Good’s or services. Freedom means i can sell or not sell anything I want to whom ever I want. The choice is mine just as it is yours, and If I happen to want to put a sign up that offends you then you don’t have to visit me or see the sign. That is called freedom of speech. But leftist like Curtis don’t respect anybody else’s rights, and instead go to the police to ask that they been taken away.
Any bets if some progressive lefty burns him out?
Ooh! That's a new one! Must have found it in shadows of penumbras somewhere.
>>If there are now 57 genders, why are there only two skin colors?<<
White and Zimmerman...
Does NO ONE in that city recognize the absolute irony and hypocracy? We are bombarded all February with black history month. And for the last 6 years we have been bombarded daily about a black president.
One guy puts a cheeky sign “white history month” and panties get wadded.
When I was in college a white kid from Africa tried to run as president of the African American club. There was a feces storm like you couldn’t believe. The college and club had to admit whites need not apply and only blacks can be African Americans.
Someone feeling offended is a police matter?
The sign is clearly not racist but this nut job believes if he doesn't like the message it must be racist, and because he is a potential customer he should be able to dictate the shop owners speech. Does anybody believe it is possible to coexist with a person who thinks like this?
A right is an enforceable claim. Good luck with that.
Flemington is home for me... My great-great-great grandparents are buried there. It is no longer the small town centered amongst agriculture... it is all built up with McMansions in the farmer’s fields... and every one of those houses has it’s own Guatemalan to blow leaves. They all stand around at the convenience store waiting for work. It’s bad.
I sense that far too many people are SEX OBSESSED and ..bitter...
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