whites-only bathroom in Georgia?

[Sheri]

shocking story.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/spotlight/news-article.aspx?storyid=95136

don't miss the video. it's pretty compelling.

[bullimiami]

1. racist coward asshole. doesnt have the balls to put a whites only sign up.

what a slimeball. sorry man, broken.

[ThomCat]

2. I hope they get sued out of existance for that.

x(

I can't believe they thought they could get away with that.

[pnwmom]

3. Thank you, Sheri. It is shocking, especially that

the company would try to defend this.

Welcome to DU!

[Sheri]

6. thanks for the kind welcome.

i've been here a while ... mostly lurking, but thanks all the same. :)

[zanne]

4. Can you post the comments they asked for?

I'd like to see what the locals have to say.

[Sheri]

5. there are over 800 comments.

i can't post them all, but you can read them here:

http://www.topix.net/forum/source/wtlv/TK4299LIH10CDPVTR

some of the comments i recognize (and i'm paraphrasing):

"i can't believe this kind of racism still exists in 2007." (naive, well-meaning liberals)
"what do you mean you don't believe it? we've been telling you about it for years." (educated blacks)
"just another lazy person looking for a hand-out" (your average republican)

it's the other comments that are so shocking:

"yeah, we have the same policy at our bathroom in california, cuz the n***'s just crap all over the floor." (who is that?)

and it gets worse ...

these comments really say a lot about the issue of race in the us. people are sometimes very honest when they're allowed to post anonymously.

[ArbustoBuster]

7. They fired her right after the news crew showed up?

That's going to go over so very well when this goes before a judge. "Yes, your honor, we fired her after she called attention to our alleged behavior. But it was unrelated to this. Really. We swear."

:sarcasm:

[Laelth]

8. No comment.

k&r

:dem:

-Laelth

[coberst]

9. Election

Could this be the time for the United States to take a giant step for mankind by electing Obama to be our president?

[ARBAYO]

10. What would that accomplish?

I dont thing that anybody should be elected by using race, gender or skin color as a determining factor. I hear a lot of people talk that way and it scares me the way some people think.