Gregory's Server
"The restaurant owner told her to get out, his place was for whites only."
we weren't told so, but we were not served at a diner in Pennsylvania for the same reasons back in the 1990s, before my ex and i had kids.
Jim Crow never went anywhere.
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@ryanrandall @blogdiva @LPerry2 Any and all of those books should become a thing- green, lavender, whatever. Analog or digital. While I probably wouldn't *need* them, I would rather go to places that were in those books, so I want them to be real. Peace to everyone.  @blogdiva @LPerry2 @ryanrandall omg. Horrible. My friends (an interracial couple) got the cold shoulder in Savannah. We (a gay couple) got told that the restaurant was closed when it wasn't, in Pine Mountain, GA. Our former mayor was denied entrance, even to sit at the bar, at an Atlanta restaurant. They said her attire was too casual for their dress code. People flooded social media with pictures of white people in much more casual attire, eating at the restaurant. @kimlockhartga @blogdiva @LPerry2 @ryanrandall Stories like this need a "me too" online listing! |
@blogdiva @LPerry2 I'm not sharing this to downplay the current trend, but to reinforce that Jim Crow mindsets have been way too widespread this whole time:
I've been quietly not served while at a diner with a girlfriend before, and an old roommate had the same thing happen for more than an hour while out with his wife (they're both Latiné, and he's also Black).
This was all in Southern California, Orange or LA County beach towns—places you'd imagine would be on board with the law set by Loving v. Virginia.
We need another wave of Civil Rights activism. We've needed the movement to continue all along.
@blogdiva @LPerry2 I'm not sharing this to downplay the current trend, but to reinforce that Jim Crow mindsets have been way too widespread this whole time:
I've been quietly not served while at a diner with a girlfriend before, and an old roommate had the same thing happen for more than an hour while out with his wife (they're both Latiné, and he's also Black).