This is the wierdest spam I have ever seen, maybe it is to solicit responses
to harvest email addresses for a particular kind of targeted advertising. Or
maybe a ludicrous attempt at trolling.
cali
Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Happy New Year to you.
Well, I ended 2004 by being called a "nigger" several times by a white
terrorist in APPLEBEES on December 30. The reason I'm posting you is to
seek your advice as to what rights I have in a violent verbal assault,
and hate crime situation like this. What would you do if something this
devilish had happened to you?
This is the second time this has happened to me in the same Applebees. The
first time was about five years ago when I overheard a professional person
using the "N" word to a white woman friend of his as they sat across from
me at the bar.
She was telling him that she had found a new boyfriend and thought that
things were going to work out well for her. The fellow looked at her and
then said "I hope he's not a "nigger" I was astounded that he had said
something so lowlife in a full club with about 20 people sitting at the
bar and the rest of the tables nearby full as well.
The bartender had been living with an African American male for over five
years at the time. She looked astounded, and turned to me as if she
couldn't believe her ears. I turned to the white people on each side of
me, and asked them if they were going to say something to the person. They
are always saying that they are not prejudiced. so this would have been
the perfect time for some of them to back up their words with action.
They did nothing! They just looked at each other in that silly "HUH Head"
look that they utilize when they run into an idea that they had never
considered before on the subject of race. The manager did come out and ask
him to leave. He did so and to my knowledge he has never gone back. I have
seen the fellow in other clubs where the clientele is more receptive to
his modo di pensare. I did nothing official that time. This time I'm
trying to determine what the best way to proceed would be. Here are most
of the facts as to what occurred last Thursday, the 30th of December 2004.
I went out to Applebees here in Cape Girardeau, Missouri around 2100. I
sat on the north end of the bar next to several young white women. One of
them was named "VanMater" from the Buick family here. I talked to them
about various subjects for about 30 minutes and bought them some
Frangelico. They had never tasted it so I thought I would let them sample
something different since they were kind enough to talk to me a 58 year
young African American. Most whites won't.
Then they left and a friend of mine from Birmingham Alabama called me on
his cell phone. We talked for about fifteen minutes about the state of the
world and how savage, and inhumane so many Americans are in their thinking
when it comes to how they view others around the world.
Out of the corner of my right eye, I notice the young blond white woman to
my right pushing a picture of a cute bi-racial child towards me. I picked
it up and looked at it. Then I complimented the female on having a little
girl that was so cute. After a few more minutes of talking to my friend, I
hung up and started talking to the young blonde white woman, her female
friend next to her, and her Canadian boyfriend to her right.
The blonde's name was what it is. She said she was a hair stylist at a
salon here. I was telling them about how my cousin owned the Harlem
Globetrotter basketball team, and how there had been a couple of streets
named after my mothers family around here. I was basically giving them a
quick history on some black folks who were highly respected in this area.
After about twenty minutes or so this 40ish white ball cap wearing, truck
driver looking white fellow across the bar asked me when we had graduated
from high school. I told him when I had graduated, and then N told him
when she graduated. The white supremacist then said "One of you is right,
and one of you is a fucking nigger"
I picked up my cell phone and called the police as the Applebees manager
was not on the scene. I had no idea what that piece of white trash would
do next. After a few minutes Ed, the manager came over to the WS, and told
him that he had to leave the club.
The fellow got up and slowly walked toward the door selling wolf tickets
all the way. The policeman arrived and he stood in the vestibule and
talked to the manager of Applebees. He never came over and asked me
anything; nor did he advise me of my rights in that situation.
I'm one of the charter members of Applebees here. I have been going there
since about six months after they opened in 1991, and I've never had a
serious incident like this one
So I went back to talking to the three people. Now of course we were
talking about the white supremacist and his actions. One white 20ish
female caught my eye, grinned and gave me the thumbs up sign. Apparently
she was happy that he was gone.
After about 20 minutes, another young white female stopped behind me and
told me that the fellow was still in the parking lot in his truck. None of
the other white men there, except for the canadian fella I was talking to
had anything positive to say to me, and they said nothing to the WS who
started the whole incident. Why am I not surprised?
So I called the police department again. I relayed the information to the
police and sat back once more. After a few minutes the officer arrived and
for the second time, the Applebees manager met him in the vestibule, and
they talked for a few minutes. Again, the policeman never came over to
talk to me at all. Now I really felt something odd was going on because
I'm the one doing the calling, but no one wants to talk to me. Is that
normal police procedure now across the USA?
Nicole was very quiet while the white guy was calling me a nigger. She got
on her cell phone and called her biracial boyfriend and told him to come
by. The other couple got
Up and left after a half hour or so. Then this attractive light skinned
black man about 25 came in and Nicole snuggled up in his arms as he sat
down beside her.
She told him what had happened and he began telling us what all behind he
would have kicked had it been done to him. He told me he was a criminal
and didn't play that sort of mess. The more we discussed it the more they
seemed to try to blame me for everything. I asked Nicole why she had
become such a chatterbox now that her black boyfriend had arrived. She
laughed and said that she felt safe now. They continued spewing out all
sort of nonsense about race that mentally confused Bi-racials, and
uninformed Caucasians tend to do. So after fifteen minutes of listening to
their ignorance, I told them I had to go. I wished them a happy New Year
and walked outside to the parking lot.
I saw the truck was still there. So when I left I drove around town in a
random manner for about fifteen minutes to see if I was being followed.
When I felt that I wasn't I headed on home and called it a night. I
decided to stay home for New Years eve as I didn't want to run into any
more of these beer drinking, ball cap wearing rabid, mad dog, psychotic
folks like I had the night before. I didn't want to start the New Year
being a victim, or being in jail for harming some piece of trash.
I haven't heard anything at all from Applebees yet. I'm not surprised
however. They didn't say or do anything when I called them about the first
incident.
So there you have it. What should I do in this situation? What are my
rights? I've emailed Applebees twice, and spoke to them twice, but so far
they have done nothing.
I think an apology is owed and reparations should be given.
I would really appreciate it if you would take a few minutes of your time
to think about this and then email me back with your suggestions if you
think there is a fair and just remedy for me here.
Amicably Yours
If you have a interest in being helpful to me then,
email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So mote it be
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