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Former Chick-fil-A Boss Dan Cathy Suggests White People Shine Black People’s Shoes in Resurfaced Video
New York Post ^ | May 31, 2023 | Ariel Zilber

Posted on 05/31/2023 10:49:21 AM PDT by nickcarraway

A three-year-old video showing Chick-fil-A’s boss shining the shoes of a black man during a plea for white people to fight racial injustice resurfaced this week amid a push by outraged conservatives to boycott the fast-food chain over its hiring of a diversity officer.

Dan Cathy, the son of Chick-fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy, got down on his knees at a church in Atlanta in June 2020 as the city was gripped by protests over the police-involved deaths of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks.

“I invite folks to put some words to action, and if we need to find somebody who needs to have their shoes shined, we need to just go right on over and shine their shoes,” Cathy said Cathy. The devout Christian — whose father founded the popular chain in Hapeville, Ga.in 1946 — then stood up and walked over toward Lecrae Moore, a Christian rapper who took part in the roundtable discussion at Passion City Church.

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To: nickcarraway
By shining the black man's shoes he is saying "see, I'm doing something that you should be doing."

Why can't we simply treat one another as fellow people?

41 posted on 05/31/2023 3:47:57 PM PDT by VinnieCCT
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Did he also offer them his wife?


42 posted on 05/31/2023 3:49:15 PM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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