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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Exclusively for white people' stickers put on Austin stores
http://news.yahoo.com/exclusively-white-people-stickers-put-austin-stores-215914029.htmlAUSTIN, Texas (AP) Employees at several Austin businesses have found stickers saying "exclusively for white people" placed on their windows, sparking an investigation into their origin and condemnation from the mayor.
Mayor Steve Adler said the stickers discovered Wednesday morning were "an appalling and offensive display of ignorance in our city."
The stickers also say "Maximum of 5 colored customers / colored BOH staff accepted," apparently referring to the "back of house" operations at a restaurant. They featured a city of Austin logo and claimed to be "sponsored by the City of Austin Contemporary Partition and Restoration Program," though no such program exists. The city has said the use of its logo was unauthorized.
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'Exclusively for white people' stickers put on Austin stores (Original Post)
diabeticman
Mar 2015
OP
It is an anti-gentrification protest. They are saying that gentrification is making
kelly1mm
Mar 2015
#6
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)1. I dispute the mayor's characterization that this is "ignorance."
That which is done with malice aforethought is not done in ignorance.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)2. Agree. nt
kelly1mm
(4,719 posts)6. It is an anti-gentrification protest. They are saying that gentrification is making
the area 'whites-only'.
misguided, not malicious.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)3. Supposedly it's a protest against gentrification in east Austin.
In appallingly poor taste.
gollygee
(22,336 posts)4. Someone went through some trouble getting those made
Hmmm. I wonder what's going on there. It doesn't seem typical to KKK types. Maybe more ironic? Like someone is making a comment on racism in the area?
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)5. IF this is in protest against gentrification
The makers of this sticker sure are in keeping with the Austin saying "Keep Austin Weird."
Seems ridiculous.
Lancero
(2,980 posts)7. Some are saying it's a 'protest'...
But that brings the question - Which group is doing the protesting? Is it done by those seeking equality, as a 'in your face' style protest? Or by those sympathetic to the KKK who want a return to the old days?
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)8. My $ is on the anti gentrification possibility. Crappy mix-message. Gotta be cute to be cool.