I remember so well back in the 90s or early 2000s I was on Girlz' Trip to Atlanta. Someone decided that we should do breakfast at this popular eating spot that welcomed it's guests with a back wall covered by the largest and most obscene confederate flag I am sure I've ever seen.
I don't remember how many were in our group but I was the only one who refused to eat there. I could not conceive how one did not receive sight of that defeated flag as a sign of disrespect, confirmation of their anti-Black racism and proof that they did not want our Black business. I heard them....
Sadly, the bulk of patrons at this eating establishment were overwhelmingly Black 😔. I don't recall the name of the place, because I would surely state it. I wonder if it still exists. I wonder if the flag is still there. I wonder if Black still support this blatant disregard abd disrespect of us...
WWYD? Would you eat in such an establishment? We are learning to be more discriminating in where and with whom we spend our dollars proving that when we know better, we do better. When and wherever you can, buy Black! Surely, in places like Atlanta, still strong with significant Black communities, we can...
When folks show you who they are, believe them and respond accordingly. #BuyBlack!
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