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Atlanta restaurant backs down and apologizes after NBA legend Dominique Wilkins says he was turned away because he is black: 'Never have I felt prejudice… until today'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9612171/Atlanta-restaurant-apologizes-Dominique-Wilkins-says-turned-away-black.html ^

Posted on 05/24/2021 12:13:41 PM PDT by qwerty1234

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To: Skywise

Maybe he knew the dress code and did this on purpose?


41 posted on 05/24/2021 12:37:22 PM PDT by Rusty0604 (" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
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To: ronniesgal
stupid to back down.

Oh, well, it's a French restaurant, so that's to be expected.

42 posted on 05/24/2021 12:39:56 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: qwerty1234

so what did they apologize for? Enforcing the rules of the restaurant?


43 posted on 05/24/2021 12:40:18 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: qwerty1234

It really does matter that when you’re NOT turned away because you’re black, then don’t say you were.


44 posted on 05/24/2021 12:40:20 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: qwerty1234

He goes to a fancy Buckhead restaurant that HAS A PRINTED DRESS CODE. He’s dressed like a hood rat in “designer” athletic wear, (Athletic wear is specifically laid out in their dress code), and it’s because he’s black they have a problem with him.
They should never have apologized. Since they did, they will likely receive massive backlash from woketards everywhere. It would have been better if the restaurant reiterated their dress code and that they did not make exceptions out of consideration for their other guests.

Never apologize to the left.

I would have told him his race card was invalid, and would no longer be accepted.

NOW, How do I feel about businesses requiring masks? I don’t trade with them.


45 posted on 05/24/2021 12:40:39 PM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: NicoDon
You mean to tell me that someone in Atlanta sees a 6’8” black man, sees this man’s face, and doesn’t think they recognize him from all his years of playing for the Atlanta Hawks?

I couldn't recognize a single NBA player by face/name.

46 posted on 05/24/2021 12:40:52 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: qwerty1234

Foolish to apologize.


47 posted on 05/24/2021 12:41:43 PM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: qwerty1234

Atlanta is a black city

Americas largest in fact full of negroes.....places seem like Lagos

You have to go there often like I do to believe it

I don’t believe this horseshit for one second...


48 posted on 05/24/2021 12:42:32 PM PDT by wardaddy (How many will we have to kill....)
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To: ronniesgal

Yup- That is the hostile takeover of America in action- Now every time someone tries enforcing the rules- regardless of where it is, or for what reason, screams of racism, and the business or person will be either forced to back down, or cancelled- That is the America we live in now- Rules for white folks only- none for black folks-


49 posted on 05/24/2021 12:43:39 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Steve_Seattle

In Kansas City in the Power and Light district, the issue was that the dress code was allegedly drafted to keep out people wearing the things certain races wore.


50 posted on 05/24/2021 12:44:22 PM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: qwerty1234

I call BS.

If he was dressed acceptably, he would have posted a picture/selfie.

I’ve been to restaurants where visible open tables were described to our group as ‘reserved/unavailable’ for a variety of reasons.

But of the times I’ve been to an ‘upscale’ restaurant - count on one hand - I’ve never gone in flashy colors, let alone ‘sneakers’.

Very, very poor taste, lack of planning and an elitist expectation of accommodation due to race on his part.

Pathetic.


51 posted on 05/24/2021 12:44:56 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: qwerty1234
but never have I felt prejudice or been turned away because of the color of my skin, until today

So the truth comes out after all.

All the cries of “racism” and “discrimination” are just race baiting propaganda.

52 posted on 05/24/2021 12:45:07 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: 1Old Pro

“I couldn’t recognize a single NBA player by face/name.”

Same here and include NFL and Baseball.

Recognize a few old timers, Rose, Joe Namath is about it.
Was never into sports. Car hot rodding was my drug.


53 posted on 05/24/2021 12:45:28 PM PDT by setter
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To: setter

And Big Pussy Bonpensiero


54 posted on 05/24/2021 12:45:45 PM PDT by wardaddy (How many will we have to kill....)
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To: bk1000

He probably don’t know how to read.


55 posted on 05/24/2021 12:48:25 PM PDT by sport
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To: qwerty1234

An “NBA legend” (as the article calls him) no doubt already owns some nice dress clothes even if he rarely wears them.

It’s no wonder why so few restaurants still have dress codes. People dress like slobs in general these days, but even if you try to make your place a bit nicer, a dress code is almost impossible to enforce without people saying it’s racist, sexist, bigoted, etc.


56 posted on 05/24/2021 12:49:46 PM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: Dan in Wichita

I’ve worked around Wilkins. He is one of the decent ones. He was always patient with the fans, a gentleman when I needed him to do something, and gregarious among his peers. (I did work for the Hall of Fame.)

I’ve dealt with prima donnas. I’ve seen fans treated poorly. I’ve had his peers refuse to work with me at all. I am looking at you Kareem.


57 posted on 05/24/2021 12:51:04 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: qwerty1234

So they don’t want people wearing sweatpants in their establishment. How is that racist


58 posted on 05/24/2021 12:51:43 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Skywise

But let’s act like it was for racism so that I can get in the news!


59 posted on 05/24/2021 12:55:00 PM PDT by jrestrepo (Now I am an insurgent. Starve the beast (any way possible) )
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To: qwerty1234

Tagline


60 posted on 05/24/2021 12:55:42 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Claiming Racism, the antidote to personal responsibility)
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