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Blatant racism or not?

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anotheoldgit | 14:28 Mon 06th Dec 2010 | News
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http://tinyurl.com/2fsuyal

This story seems a little confusing, when first you read it there is no doubt it was pure racism.

But then reading further down, the police had recently recommended that the restaurant started asking people to pay for their meal before dining, to combat a number of incidents where customers had left without paying.

Did these football players enter the diner with a certain attitude, which alerted the staff?

Had it been a group of over zealous white youths, that had been asked to 'pay up front', would there had been a story to write?
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Sandy, is that an invitation? ;o))
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Zeuhl

<<It appears the staff take a generalised racist view that any young black men are suspicious and potential thieves.>>

A total assumption made by you, with no proof whatsoever.

If the staff were to be taken to court over this and you were a witness, your assumption would never be allowed, in fact you would be laughed out of court.
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Were the staff wearing white pointy hoods?
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Wasn't this one was it McMouse?

Wetherspoons - Hart Street Henley on Thames

/// One weird point, as the weather was very hot and sunny I was wearing a hat to prevent sunburn. When I entered the pub I was asked by a bouncer to remove my hat as 'it confuses the cctv'." - Nick, July 2006 ///
yes it is! especially when the manager said 'its the way you look'
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vibrasphere

They were not assumptions, they were questions, there is a difference.

Did these football players enter the diner with a certain attitude, which alerted the staff?

Had it been a group of over zealous white youths, that had been asked to 'pay up front', would there had been a story to write?
<<<<It appears the staff take a generalised racist view that any young black men are suspicious and potential thieves.>>

A total assumption made by you, with no proof whatsoever. >>

where did you learn to speak english old git? Because your understanding of it is poor.

As i put in my post, the comment above was a 'judgement based on the report' and the facts that there was no other explanation and people had been retrained.

That is not an assumption. An assumption is taking a view with no information <<the act of taking for granted or supposing>>

For example, the way your starting point is that black people are inferior to you.
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McMouse some shops in Liverpool dosnt allow hoodies into the shop either, they get stopped by the secuirty guards
Cant do much business in Liverpool then - most of the city are hoodies.....

Why does the Mersey run through Liverpool - if it walked, it would be mugged.

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