This is insane. Bakery in Portland fired employees after they declined to serve a woman who came in after they were already closed. The woman, a professional equity activist, took out a video camera & claimed she was a victim of racism. #StarbucksEffect m.facebook.com/backtoedenbake…
I recommend you all read the full post and comments in that link. It is illuminating to see the level of masochism operating openly in our society with encouragement by power-hungry sadists.
Also, the bakery is hosting a “reparations happy hour” on June 20 where “Black, Brown & Indigenous people” can get free money & meet in a safe space. Whites not allowed to attend but can donate to reparations cause. oregonlive.com/portland/index…
The bakery has deleted its 3400 word apology post after getting critical responses. Here is an archive: web.archive.org/web/2018052912…
All of the public comments in the thread have been deleted but I saved some of them because they are so illuminating. “She deals with whiteness for a living.”
A woman asked if people could bring Lillian food to help alleviate her emotional distress.
The owner is walking back previous statement about how the two female employees were fired to satisfy demands from activists & clarifies that bakery only discriminates against “white supremacist fascists.” Via Google business review:
What’s the word for when someone or something really lacks self-awareness?
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