Clothing store waives $20 appointment fee for black customers — but whites still have to pay up. And backlash is intense.

The Blaze ^ | August 17, 2020 | DAVE URBANSKI

[gattaca]

A clothing store in downtown Savannah, Georgia, raised some eyebrows recently when it waived a $20 appointment fee for black customers and other people of color while keeping the fee intact for white customers, WJCL-TV reported.

Civvies on Broughton adopted the appointment system after reopening since the COVID-19 shutdown, the station said, adding that it then waived the fee for everyone but white customers in order to try to help disenfranchised communities.

"This promotional waiver serves the substantial business purpose of centering and prioritizing people who might not be able to access vintage clothing," store manager Raine Blunk told WJCL.

"Most of the feedback has been that our decision to waive this refundable deposit is racist because it favors people of color, black people, and indigenous people," Blunk added the station.

However, the store said that white customers who don't have $20 for an appointment can select the "don't agree" on the booking form so the booking manager can reach out and come up with other options, WTOC-TV reported.

But Civvies did say it wouldn't accept appointments with white customers who simply refuse to pay because of the policy, WTOC added.

Reaction Once the news was posted on the store's social media sites, backlash against the move was fierce. WJCL said some of the comments threatened lawsuits and boycotts against the 15-year-old business — but Blunk told the station that the fee waiver doesn't discriminate against anyone.

"Obviously it is unfortunate to have thousands of people commenting and messaging us saying that they are going to sue us and have contacted the Department of Labor because this is a violation of their rights," Blunk noted to WJCL, adding that "we believe that what we are doing is within the confines of the law."

Blunk also told the station that non-whites "are at this time the most likely to be affected by the poverty line, so this is not based on a racial favoritism toward black people, people of color, and indigenous people. It is simply a fact that that group of people are the most likely to be affected by a loss of historical equity, and we are taking a small step to restore that as a business to choose to wave this fee temporarily."

Anything else? Amid the backlash last week, a statement from the store's owners read, "It was not our intention to act in any way that might be perceived as discriminatory and for that we apologize."

In addition, the store manager added a lengthy apology post on Facebook acknowledging that the policy as written was "insulting to some black people, people of color and indigenous people" because it "felt like white saviorism."

The manager also said the policy was "alienating and overly aggressive to some white people, especially those who responded very negatively, for whom a different conversation or platform about racial inequities could have been more educational or informative."

[Lurker]

See my tag line.

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[Mr. K]

Get woke, go broke.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

But restaurants with food deliveries get in trouble for not going to violent, high crime areas that happen to be in majorly minority neighborhoods.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

“The white minority is being discriminated against, as happens when blacks gain power.”

See: obama taxing tanning booths which affects only white people.

https://money.cnn.com/2012/06/28/pf/taxes/tanning-tax/index.htm

[LateBoomer]

Clear-cut lawsuit.

[Redmen4ever]

There ARE racists out there: small numbers of whites and blacks filled with hate who think in terms of skin color, and large numbers of Democrats who also think in terms of skin-color, who are filled with self-righteousness and greed for free stuff and reparations.

Almost all of the Neo-Nazis, skinheads, and other white racists, along with their mirror images in Black Lives Matter, along with the black, white and Hispanic prison gangs, are pathetic individuals. Many of them are losers and loners. Also, mentally ill. They are fringe-type individuals. As much as possible, we try to disrupt their evil plans. In any case, we put them away when they commit crimes.

Then there are the smarmy elites in the news media, Hollywood and the universities who think their racism is good. The truth is, these people are a greater threat to society than the fringe-type people. We will always have to deal with a criminal element. But the elites want to turn this country in the hell-hole of Venezuela.

[ßuddaßudd]

"Slaves dream not of freedom, but of becoming masters"

[LateBoomer]

Yes, but more and more people are jumping on the Hate The Left bandwagon.

I used to pride myself on being an Independent voter. No more. Republicans are pretty much worthless, but they’re better than the alternative.

Never Democrat. Never again.

[cnsmom]

The town has a large tourist population. I hope they go out of business.

[DAC21]

“I agree that white patrons are being discriminated against. But don’t you dare use the word discriminate for anyone but blacks, they “own” it”

Gays like the owners of this shop will fight for ownership as well.

[cnsmom]

Their customer looks like the college student population. They should pay for their wokeness.

[mikeus_maximus]

“White women should loot the store, then burn it to the ground.”

LOL post of the day right there. not bad for a Gator. Go Noles!

[EEGator]

Thanks.

There’s nothing to talk smack about this year since I doubt we’ll be playing football.

I’ve also dismissed all sports watching from my life, except Women’s Beach Volleyball.

[Manly Warrior]

Why don’t they just post a sign “No Whites Allowed”?

Maybe they have the super ability to determine ancestry by some hi tech scanner- to determine if someone has a white in the family closet?

Such has to be unlawful, since the passage of the CRAs of the 1960s and onward.

Are whites declaring “burn it down”? Thought not.

[monsoonrains]

Google Maps has removed the ability to leave a review for the business. Google search results continue to show the rating from the time the story first broke, but without the negative reviews.

[moovova]

[moovova]

“Then, about 20 minutes into the president’s speech (Trump), a small protest broke out from within the crowd outside the airport. Police on site quickly converged on five activists shouting, “Trans Lives Matter!” The protesters were on the receiving end of an aggressive “U.S.A.!” chant after two of them bit down on fake blood capsules and began making out. Raine Blunk and Grey Qualls, who were escorted off the property, later told Atlanta magazine that the bloody demonstration was an effort to bring attention to the violence faced by trans and queer people every day."

https://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/outside-president-trumps-georgia-rally-thousands-of-kemp-supporters-a-jumbotron-and-a-bloody-kiss/

[Oatka]

Consider, however, that blacks are 13% of the total population in this country.

In Savannah however, they are 54% (just checked). I suspect they will find that Virtue Signalling is costly as I doubt the new black customers will not be greater than the whites who go elsewhere.

[Poser]

The owner is a white guy with fake boobs.

[Oatka]

"Civvies on Broughton", "appointment fee" - Hell, I thought they were some upscale department store. Turns out they are more like a frigging Thrift Shop selling used, pardon me, "vintage" clothing.

Talk about delusions of mediocrity!