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I’m sorry but she was not egging him on. When you encounter clear racism, and it’s in a setting where you aren’t in physical danger, you should always call it out. I’d have done the exact same thing and then do everything in my power to ruin the reputation of that establishment.

...stop throwing the “racist” label out as an opening volley, and instead choose to hear and consider perspective irrelevant of the vehicle delivering it... simply a good place to start... and maybe a conversation can be had that evolves into actual change...

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Unquestionably this. Whatever their policy, he decided that he didn’t want her custom. 

No, not really in restaurants in the U.K. 2.5 years of experience spent in student pubs, perhaps, but not restaurants. I travel widely for business and I honestly cannot think of a single instance anywhere in the world where I have been asked to leave my credit card with anyone anywhere out of my sight. Should it…

I’ve lived all over the U.K. in my many years and have regularly dined and continue to dine at some very fine restaurants indeed. I have never, ever come across this practice even before chip-&-pin became the norm. Remember the carbon paper slider machines? They even brought those to your table if you didn’t pay at…

“Going to risk being harsh and say I think it’s that you don’t go to many restaurants period as to not being familiar.”

In addition, USians are so accustomed to having their card held that if you don’t, they’ll leave without signing or leaving a tip, because they subconsciously assume they already did if they have their card.

He’s allowed to say that because he’s lived his entire life comfortably ensconced inside his white male skin that has shielded him and protected him against racism and injustice. And just like a typical white male Conservative, he’s completely unable to consider any other points of view other than his own.

We’re a a nation of 300 million people, and there are some bad people, there are some racist people, but on balance we are not a racist country, we’re not an unjust country.

There was one where my Nana would get gas when I visited for the summer. I remember it was full service. Yes, it was decades ago.

hehe.

If economic growth continues at this pace the United States economy will double in size more than 10 years faster than it would have under either President Bush or President Obama.

Sates is a correctly spelled word, it’s just not part of the name of the country of which Fat Donny Two Scoops is president. Spell check can do many things, but it can’t tell the difference between does not and doe snot.

What the hell people.

“Roaring”? I think they meant “soaring”.

I feel this point needs to be stressed. 

You’re a remarkable idiot

And even putting a pin in the idea that the attack itself wasn’t racial (though it was), the portrayal of her in the media certainly was racial.