I think this whole thing is so blown out of proportion.
As a white guy with many friends of many races we have been in restaurants etc and have been told on many occasions ”if you are not ordering something we must ask you to leave”. So we order something, done deal! Other friends show up then we order more. Sometimes, oh my god, everyone at the table is white when asked this.
The fact the people refused to order something is the issue right there. They were asked to leave! They are at fault! Police are called and the police ask them to leave and they don’t. So they get arrested.
Myself and my friends would fully expect to be arrested if we did the same, and it’s not about race.
You are at a private business, and if you are not a paying customer you should not be on the premises. Buy a coffee, get a pop, buy something. If you are not a paying customer get out! Refusal to buy something means you are not a paying customer.
So what are the race issues here?
My work has policies in place. Not all employees follow the policies. I won’t let you walk into the shop without protective eye wear and steel toed boots, Bob over there will allow it. I stop a black man from entering the shop without protective gear, Bob lets a white guy into the shop without protective gear. Is that racist? Bob would let any race do this, Bob is a ####ty employee. That makes me look racist. I am following company policy as a private
business.
If the Starbucks employee treated white and black people differently that would be racist. It is entirely possible this is just a case of stupid people getting arrested because they deserved to be arrested.
Has this Starbucks employee ever asked a white person to leave in the same situation? I have seen white people forcibly removed from restaurants by the police for this exact same thing. It does happen to white people too. Or idiots I like to call them.
The idiot race is one of the biggest races on the planet. Doesn’t matter what your skin tone is, what god you pray too, where you were born. The idiot race is the biggest one on the planet. I am a proud serving member of that race!
I see nothing wrong with what the Starbucks employee did, or what the police did. Non paying customers were idiots.
I read the headline as “two men enter a restaurant and refuse to order anything” They are asked to leave and they refuse. Police are called and they are asked 3 times to leave and refuse. Then they are arrested”! Good!
Oh they are African American? So Africans that came to America? You know there are white African Americans too right? Are they refugees? That would be a better headline story. Still I don’t care what race you are, you are not buying anything at a restaurant and refuse to leave, you deserve to be arrested.
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