There’s trouble brewing in Phoenix after essayist and poet Rashaad Thomas attended a holiday party at a restaurant and saw a photo of coal miners at a pub after work. But that’s not what he saw; what he saw was offensive blackface:
Friends said, “It’s coal miners at a pub after work.” It was a photograph of coal miners with blackened faces. I asked a Latinx and white woman for their opinion. They said it looked like coal miners at a pub after work. Then they stepped back, frowned and said it’s men in blackface.
I asked the waitress to speak with a manager. Instead, I spoke with a white restaurant owner. I explained to him why the photograph was offensive. Evidently, someone else had made a similar comment about the photograph before.
Yet, the photograph remained on the wall. He said he would talk to the other owners and get back to me. While leaving, I asked him had he spoke with the other owners. He had not spoken with them, but mentioned Google said it’s coal miners after work.
Unfortunately, Thomas never mentions the name of the “downtown Phoenix restaurant,” because it could probably do with the boost in business after his opinion piece was published.
Dear God, this is dumb. https://t.co/xVybJ6O5o3
— Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock aka Kimberly (@conkc2) January 29, 2019
Dang kids in blackface! pic.twitter.com/xvSuPCWlG2
— Roger and 27 others (@Roger247) January 29, 2019
Little racist scamp.
— Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock aka Kimberly (@conkc2) January 29, 2019
Mary Poppins was chock fullmof them! pic.twitter.com/GJyxFAZPRE
— Roger and 27 others (@Roger247) January 29, 2019
More like Dick Van Bigot
— Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock aka Kimberly (@conkc2) January 29, 2019
Hard work in the coal mines is mighty offensive. Yikes.
— Back Atcha Slick (@backatchaslick) January 30, 2019
Better yet .. don’t go back to the restaurant ..
— leslie lopez (@gamby5150) January 30, 2019
I'm surprised whoever wrote this even gets invited to parties
— Rich_Evans_shouting.png (@Le_Hack_Fraud) January 30, 2019
That may be the dumbest this month. Even with all that competition.
— Deborah Sampson (@Debsam1760) January 30, 2019
Kill me
— Vareck The Sarcastic Jew? (@BornGerman) January 30, 2019
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Update:
They really are complaining about the “blackface” in “Mary Poppins.”
SJW Madness: New York Times Attacks Disney’s Classic “Marry Poppins” for “Black Face” https://t.co/8gp78uqImM
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) January 30, 2019
Related:
ROFLMAO! SJW feels the WRATH of GIF-Twitter by telling white people to stop using 'digital blackface' https://t.co/HkugWHegYI
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 27, 2018
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