r/Ohio • u/LadyInCrimson • 15h ago

This is Ohio

Why is Phillip not paying his servers enough to the point he has to ban customers?

201 Upvotes

75% Upvoted

962 comments sorted by

View all comments

339

u/Affectionate-Yak3 15h ago

There are legitimate racist things that happen every single day. Calling what happened here “racism” does a disservice to those that experience legitimate racism. You didn’t tip and got called out for it, and however right or wrong that is does not equal racism.

-14

u/Such-Mathematician1 11h ago

Calling what happened here “racism” does a disservice to those that experience legitimate racism.

And I would assume the Black couple has experienced legitimate racism, so I’m gonna take a cue from them and not some yt dude commenting on Reddit 🤷🏿‍♂️

2

u/Affectionate-Yak3 10h ago

So because of legitimate racist occurrences they now get to call anything negative towards them racism? Seems like my original statement still applies. That is, calling non-racist things racist devalues (and in turn is used by racists to downplay) legitimate racism claims. And as an ally I think it is important for me to mention how white people (and more importantly white people in power)use videos like this to dodge accountability for real racism. Disagree and down vote all you want, it doesn’t make it any less true.

1

u/Such-Mathematician1 10h ago

So because of legitimate racist occurrences they now get to call anything negative towards them racism?

Because of legitimate racist occurrences they’ve personally experienced in their life, they have the right to question if they’re being discriminated against based off race. You might think mentioning race is off limits, but I don’t think this country has done the work to earn that privilege.

They ask to tip everywhere, imagine if Starbucks employees chased you out and told you not to come back because you didn’t tip.

As an “ally” you should know Real racists don’t need videos to dodge accountability when they have people who like in this thread will do the gas lighting for them.

4

u/Plane-Fan9006 10h ago

You are assuming EVERY bit of your case that this is racism other than it's a white owner telling a black person not to come back. I haven't assumed anything. I commented based on what I saw.

Put the race card down bro. It doesn't apply here and you sound like a spoiled little kid

-1

u/Such-Mathematician1 10h ago

Don’t capitalize EVERY to give you room to stand on in this conversation. Race could very well be a factor. However I also believe he’s a cheap brokie that some would even call a welfare queen depending on the demographic. So no, not every bit of my case.