I Hate Racism and Discrimination
The guy in this article is one of my closest, oldest friends. I'm extremely proud of him. Redacted his name because he's getting enough attention, lol.
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[quote][b]APTN News[/b]
A man at an A and W restaurant in Cardston, Alta., says an employee called the RCMP after he bought breakfast for an Elder.
[Redacted] said he bought a sandwich for the woman who asked the couple ahead of him in line for a meal. That’s when the counter person called the police.
“She just wanted a meal,” he told APTN News. “It was clearly racist. They sold it to me, a white guy.”
The counter person told [Redacted] it was store policy to not buy meals for people because of loitering concerns.
He added that the woman left the store after being refused.
[Redacted] added a sandwich to his order for the woman, whose name he didn’t know. He then overheard the employee call police.
“I was furious,” he said. “I think it’s a basic human right to eat.”
[Redacted] said police responded to the call, stayed briefly and left.
“They just kind of shook their heads,” he said. Police did not interview him.
The incident happened around 9 a.m. Friday morning in Cardston, about 235 km south of Calgary.
[Redacted] was visiting from Athabasca Alta. for a gathering.
He said he is used to seeing racism in small-town Alberta. He said he shared the same story on his Facebook account and is uncomfortable with all the attention it has received.
“For me to get all this attention for something that Indigenous people face every day it isn’t right.” He said. “It says a lot about our social norms.”
He said he has spoken to A and W public relations and they are “taking the incident seriously.”
“They also said she had been in before and was “menacing,” he said. “This is a little lady, maybe 100 pounds with a walker. She couldn’t be menacing to anyone”
He felt compelled to take to social media because of how Indigenous people are subjected to racism across Canada.
“You have to stand up sometimes.” He said.
APTN News has called RCMP in Alberta and A and W Canada for a response but had not heard back at the time of posting.
A and W did respond to [Redacted]’s brother in law on Twitter.
Allegations of racism aren’t new to the community of Cardston.
In 2017, the Blood Tribe complained that a local theatre group was photographed in Indigenous regalia. [/quote]
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[quote][b]APTN News[/b]
A man at an A and W restaurant in Cardston, Alta., says an employee called the RCMP after he bought breakfast for an Elder.
[Redacted] said he bought a sandwich for the woman who asked the couple ahead of him in line for a meal. That’s when the counter person called the police.
“She just wanted a meal,” he told APTN News. “It was clearly racist. They sold it to me, a white guy.”
The counter person told [Redacted] it was store policy to not buy meals for people because of loitering concerns.
He added that the woman left the store after being refused.
[Redacted] added a sandwich to his order for the woman, whose name he didn’t know. He then overheard the employee call police.
“I was furious,” he said. “I think it’s a basic human right to eat.”
[Redacted] said police responded to the call, stayed briefly and left.
“They just kind of shook their heads,” he said. Police did not interview him.
The incident happened around 9 a.m. Friday morning in Cardston, about 235 km south of Calgary.
[Redacted] was visiting from Athabasca Alta. for a gathering.
He said he is used to seeing racism in small-town Alberta. He said he shared the same story on his Facebook account and is uncomfortable with all the attention it has received.
“For me to get all this attention for something that Indigenous people face every day it isn’t right.” He said. “It says a lot about our social norms.”
He said he has spoken to A and W public relations and they are “taking the incident seriously.”
“They also said she had been in before and was “menacing,” he said. “This is a little lady, maybe 100 pounds with a walker. She couldn’t be menacing to anyone”
He felt compelled to take to social media because of how Indigenous people are subjected to racism across Canada.
“You have to stand up sometimes.” He said.
APTN News has called RCMP in Alberta and A and W Canada for a response but had not heard back at the time of posting.
A and W did respond to [Redacted]’s brother in law on Twitter.
Allegations of racism aren’t new to the community of Cardston.
In 2017, the Blood Tribe complained that a local theatre group was photographed in Indigenous regalia. [/quote]
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