Since it’s 2019, we would hope that we live in a much less ignorant age than we used to.
After things like the abolition of slavery and the civil rights movement, everything must be fine and dandy, right?
Very wrong.
Unfortunately, racism is still very much alive and well.
It may not be as clear cut as signs atop water fountains that read “whites only”, but it still ranges from subversive acts of discrimination to full on murder.
There is a big difference between an offensive word and a slur.
Offensive words are words that are hurtful at a personal level—slurs carry with them a history and threat of violence.
A good rule of thumb is that if isn’t even socially appropriate to say the word, it is worse than other less offensive terms.
One regular at a Chinese restaurant didn’t expect to encounter any blatant discrimination while picking up his dinner.
Brandon Hart regularly orders food from Eddie’s Carry Out in Washington, D.C.
However, when he went to pick up his order of rice and noodles on May 24th, he was shocked at what he found included with his meal.
The N word was printed on his receipt instead of his name.
“Just flabbergasted that you can actually write that on a ticket or receipt or any piece of paper,” Hart told Fox 5 . “How can you write that word unintentionally and then print it?”
Other customers were outraged.
One man stated that he “doesn’t think he’ll be eating there any longer.”
“For real?” said another man. “I think I’m going to leave.”
The restaurant claims that they would never do something like that on purpose.
“We don’t have bad intentions,” stated one employee, as the owner of the restaurant refused to be interviewed.
The employee says that they merely typed out the name that the customer spelled out for them, though Hart says that he did not say the slur, only his first name.
“People need to be more educated.”
“Not just white people and black people,” Hart said, “Just people in general.”
Since the incident, Eddie’s has been receiving death threats from the public and a noticeable decrease in business.
Do you think it was a mistake, or something more sinister?
h/t: Yahoo Lifestyle
