Well, apparently, Maine isn't exempt from possible racial statements and backlash from such. Here is the article: Racist sign on Millinocket storefront sparks backlash (msn.com)
Steve Golieb moved here from California a few years ago. I don't see that racism has to be involved for someone to not know what the hell Juneteenth is all about. I'd guess most people here were unaware of it and surprised to learn that it was now a national holiday. We do have a couple of people here who fly Confederate flags periodically, but I think that was more of a reaction to the whole statue-destroying nonsense. I wasn't familiar with the Harry E. Reed Insurance Agency, so at least he got some advertising out of it.
Well, everyday someone is saying, writing or doing something stupid. Then again, everyone in America has that right, no matter how controversial or how much bashing is done to them. Actually, and I believe I already mentioned this in another thread/post, how some people here in Loveland, Colorado, on Facebook, stated to the local newspaper "why are city, county, state agencies closed here?" They found out what last Monday is, but with less than 1% Black population here, many were wondering why these offices here were closed. Reason was, our Governor signed it into law in May (2022) that all Colorado city, county and state agencies would all be closed and observe the holiday.
He won't lose a single client and may gain a few, not because people are in support of racism but because they're tired of these silly, contrived, PC attacks.
Well, I just read that the agency had their Open sign up at 8AM yesterday morning, but by noon, a Permanently Closed sign was up. The article read, "will just have to wait and see".
Well, it did show up on MSN in a good size article. Perhaps there were those that took what was wrote as a joke, but others won't think it's a joke. But, I'm sure he'll have some supporters. Every state in the U.S. has racist somewhere.
just because someone does know what the hell Juneteenth is does not make them racist You're awful quick with that broad brush
Not me, it's what others are saying online about those that don't know what it is or refuse to acknowledge what it's about. The word "racist" is now commonly used for any statement, jokingly or not. There are people in Jacksonville, Florida, where we use to live (until August 2019), that would fully consider the city we live in as a bunch of "racist" because of the demographics here. 97% White here, whereas Jacksonville was some 50% White. When a city isn't diverse, many who live in a diverse city, consider a non-diverse city as "racist". This happens to be the second city that we've lived in in Colorado where the main race was White. When we lived in Parker, CO, some, in other cities, considered it "racist", because it wasn't diverse either.
Not racist? "Enjoy your fried chicken and collard greens"? Maybe not in BF Maine,, but in the civilized world it is..
Maybe they should remove fried chicken from every restaurant menu and grocery store, just in case some bigot intends to fry that chicken. Certainly, anyone who dares mention either of these foods should be fired or have his business closed. Not mentioned here, but clearly, watermelons and cornbread should be placed on the banned substances list, too.
@Beth Gallagher Me, too! And I'm an old non-racist white lady. I also like black eyed peas. And cornbread. And watermelon. But not chittlins.