A vintage clothing shop in Savannah, Georgia has come under fire after they posted a Facebook promotion that stated they would require white customers to pay a $20 refundable deposit when they book an appointment to shop at the store, but they are waiving this fee for "BIPOC" (Black, indigenous, and people of color) customers.
Civvies on Broughton, which is known for its elaborate collection of recycled clothing, posted the viral promotion announcing their reopening plans, including their racial guidelines.
"As a mostly white staff with white ownership, we do not feel comfortable upholding a digital and financial barrier which could prohibit BIPOC from shopping at our store at this time on top of the limitations already made by online booking," the post read.
If white customers could not pay the $20 deposit, they could contact management to "discuss other options."
However, if white customers simply refused to pay the deposit because of ethical reasons they would "not be accepted for an appointment."
Civvies received major blowback for the post, with some even threatening legal action against the discriminatory policy.
"Most of the feedback about our decision to waive this refundable deposit is racist because it favors Black people, Indigenous people, and...
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Talk about being woke and going broke. Who in that store thought it was a good idea to alienate 50% of the population.
ReplyDeleteOr 90% of the people who have jobs.
DeleteAnd there we go again, mixing politics and business. That's always a poor decision and you end up losing half of your customers.
ReplyDeleteSurely, discriminating between races of different colour (I'm a Brit and spell words correctly) is nothing but .... discrimination? And isn't that illegal?
ReplyDeleteselsey uses the letter 'u' in his spelling. Like you, Steve, I always wonder why Americans are so cheap with their letter 'u' in spelling.
ReplyDeleteAs for that company. Virtue signalling is gonna cost ya. Big time. White liberals are just plain loony self-hating critters. They drank the koolade. They are acting out. They will learn their lesson.
Let them embrace the suck.
This is what happens when you get a degree in Great Homoerotic 19th Century Poetry by Black, Trans, Disabled Authors.
ReplyDeleteBIPOC? This snowflake deserves BOHICA.