The race card just can't seem to be put down as it's been played over and over again in the past few weeks for unrelated incidents such as the Congresswoman who pushed a Capitol police officer.
Now Geno's, a famous cheesesteak place in Philadelphia, is being called racist for posting a sign that reads "This is America, when ordering speak English".
How dare they request that people living in America order in English so that their order can be understood in a private business! I mean the gall of them!
Calling this racist is simply idiotic. There are those out there trying to compare this to a civil rights issue and the notorious "no colored people" signs.
AP
The city's Commission on Human Relations planned to argue that the policy at Geno's Steaks discourages customers of certain backgrounds from eating there, said Rachel Lawton, acting executive director.
Geno's owner Joseph Vento posted two small signs at his shop in south Philadelphia proclaiming: "This is AMERICA: WHEN ORDERING 'PLEASE SPEAK ENGLISH.'"
Lawton said that violates the city's Fair Practices Ordinance, which prohibits discrimination in employment, public accommodation and housing.
"It's discouraging patronage by non-English speaking customers because of their national origin or ancestry," Lawton said.
First of all this is not an employment, public accommodation nor housing issue so I'm not sure what Lawton is blabbering about. Secondly, she says it "discourages patronage" from non-English speakers. Who give a crap if it discourages patronage. A business doesn't have a right to operate as it sees fit? Where is the outrage over the "no shirt, no shoes, no service" signs or the black tie only events that won't let you in unless properly dressed? I mean those discourage patronage.
Then there's this idiot:
AP
At a City Council meeting Thursday, Councilman Jim Kenney asked Geno's Steaks to take down its sign that says, "This Is AMERICA: WHEN ORDERING SPEAK ENGLISH."
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In the last 10 years, an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 Mexican immigrants - many of them here illegally, community leaders say - have settled in South Philly.
The City Council should be more worried about the 10's of thousands of illegal aliens who have broken the law and moved into their community than attacking a private businesses first amendment rights and rights as a private business to refuse service.
Of course every race card playing group is coming out of the woodwork to try and trump up a lawsuit against Geno's. For instance this "Latino activist" group -- that is clearly racist by the way since they are not equally supporting rights for all races, but just those of Hispanics -- plans to send a mass of Spanish speakers in there and then cry racism when they are denied service.
This is how these groups work, pure extortion.
Juntos, a neighborhood organization that advocates for Latino communities, said it plans to send people to Geno's to try to order in Spanish. Depending on what happens, the group may pursue court action, said Peter Bloom, the group's director.
See them for what they are people.
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It is a disgrace to turn your back, and forget were you come from when others are still trying to catch up to you in hopes of one day also capturing the American dream.
Every Spanish, Russian, or any people I know that do not speak the “Perfect English” are all trying, and wish they did.
They know that in America the land of the free…they would need the English language to survive.
We are all immigrants, remember we murdered the natives, rape their women, and called this America, are we going back to those times? Or are we going to live the American dream, and let other struggle for the same opportunity?
I think Geno is a hypocrite, and a racist. I just have one question for him, Geno my friend, if a little old lady speaking Italian comes to your counter and ask for a cheese steak, would you flag her? Or do you only flag those that speak Spanish. Any businessman that has concern over language would go and hire someone that speaks it.
How many Latinos work at Geno’s?
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June 17, 2006 11:58 AM
