…in Minnesota and find a photograph of a black man about to be hung by the neck until dead on the top of their table. Quite the appetizer:
The tabletop photo shows white people watching the public execution of at least one African-American man in Groesbeck, Texas, in 1895. A hand drawn bubble above the condemned man’s head read, “All I said was that I didn’t like the gumbo.”
The diners who discovered the photo, Tyrone Williams and Chauntyll Allen, were at Joe’s Crab Shack for Ms. Allen’s pre-birthday dinner when they noticed the photo. […]
“This type of blatant racism should not be tolerated in this country, or in our local and national eating establishments,” Williams told reporters. “I have felt sick to my stomach and stressed out since seeing that image on the table where I was planning to eat my food.”
Allen agreed, saying, “Seeing a picture of two black men being lynched was the last thing that I expected to see at what was supposed to be a family-friendly restaurant. As you can imagine, seeing that image ruined my appetite and my pre-birthday dinner. It is hard to believe that this type of racism is still going on in 2016.”
Ah, another American tradition continues in the 21st century. Racism – it’s what’s for dinner. Bon Appétit.
