tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19805669.post115045239400216330..comments2023-09-24T07:31:17.721-07:00Comments on Oakland Focus News | Oakland News Online Blog: "Easy" - New Replacement Of "Fifth Amendment" Seems Hostile To African American MenZenniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05815765335808809176noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19805669.post-32987201111696057462010-03-12T01:00:16.853-08:002010-03-12T01:00:16.853-08:00The white man, although rude, commited no crime so...The white man, although rude, commited no crime so i wouldn't go that far as to compare it to a hate crime. an injustice yes, but not neccesarily a hate crime. <br /><br />I've read both of your stories about the Easy lounge and think its - for lack of a better word- fucked up the way that they treated you. I think that you definately have a right to be infuriated and to not want to return but i must share with you the goo that i have experieced @ Easy lounge.<br /><br />My first time going, a month ago, i found myself among nothing but folks. Considering that i find myself to be most attracted to black men, it was a great place to be. lol. The people were lively, the music was a hit and, most importantly in this scenario, the bartender was friendly, handome and his name was not Brian. Jacques, the bartender, was black and very courteous. Inbetween shifts he asked me for a dance and when he had to return to the bar, he quickly poured me a shot at no cost. <br /><br />Even though i recieved this special treatment because i was a pretty girl in a tight dress, the whole atmosphere was nice and he seemed like a pretty cool guy. I doubt that you will be getting free drinks from a handsome black guy with a foreign name, but if you go there on the right night, or maybe in the right spirits, im sure that Jacques and hopefully the rest of the -possibly new- staff will also be kind and cool to you. <br /><br />I hope my story changes your mind and if not that, makes you feel better about the Easy lounge, knowing that they don't treat all thier customers of color like shit. (or maybe the workers of color dont treat thier own like shit, but either way theres hope).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19805669.post-1150614099456117172006-06-18T00:01:00.000-07:002006-06-18T00:01:00.000-07:00I think there's an interesting tendency to assume ...I think there's an interesting tendency to assume that a person acts the same way for the same set of reasons. Not true. <BR/><BR/>I can only express what I experienced. You were not there. It's weird for a person to approach anyone as he did me. Moreover, the person you're talking about isn't black, and can't be assumed to look like anything close to a person of color.<BR/><BR/>Also, you're attempting to explain away this person's behavior without having been there. Remember, all the other people were white. I saw how they were treated and it was not anything like what I was dealing with, and it was not by the same person. <BR/><BR/>That written, the owner did contact me by email and I do accept his appology. <BR/><BR/>But nothing can erase the memory of "Jim's" behavior that night. Remember, I had a witness -- presented in the blog -- and she would forcefully disagree with you.<BR/><BR/>In closing, you don't wait until one calls another person a racial insult to then recognize race problems. More often than not, racism in the modern age is subtle, but still obvious to the observant eye.Zenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05815765335808809176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19805669.post-1150573013771716392006-06-17T12:36:00.000-07:002006-06-17T12:36:00.000-07:00Zennie -I'm sorry for your experience at Easy, but...Zennie -<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry for your experience at Easy, but I think jumping to the conclusion that it was<BR/><BR/>First of all, the man I think you're talking about is not, in fact, white. <BR/><BR/>Second, I have spoken with multiple people who felt they were rudely rushed out of the bar, most of them white, and some who are friends of the owners. All of these people had nearly identical stories to yours and were angry about their treatment, but no others believe it to be racially motivated. It seemed to be a larger problem - there were tons of people there, they didn't start ushering people out early enough, and they were desperately trying to clear the bar out at 2, and unfortunately made a lot of customers angry in the process.V Smoothehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04491109370901129741noreply@blogger.com