One chef's social experiment: Charge minorities $12, white people $30

[Arrkon]

It's not just whether you want to try his jollof rice or his fried plantains. Wey serves his Nigerian food with a lesson about racial wealth disparity: The median income among African-American households in New Orleans is only $25,806, compared to $64,377 for white households. According to the Urban Institute, the national average wealth of white families is $919,000, while the average wealth of black families is $140,000. Wey will share some stats with his customers, and then he'll tell them the price of their lunch.

If they're a person of color, they pay $12. If they're white, he'll tell them they can either pay $12, or they can pay $30 — two and a half times the base price, which reflects the wealth disparity in New Orleans. He tells them the profits will be redistributed to people of color, but not as charity — just to any minority customers of his who want it, regardless of their income or circumstance.

http://http://www.chicagotribune.com...303-story.html

To start, I would commend the choice he still gives to Caucasian customers. However, I still feel that it's a slippery slope to gauge a person's ability to pay for food based on the color of his/her skin.

How do you feel about this choice in faux charity?

[zlygork]

Racism under a pretense.

[StayTuned]

Because no white person is ever poor. This is just racism.

Edit, I didn't see that he's giving them a choice. I don't care about it in that case. He should give the difference to charity though.

[GreenJesus]

Pure racism. Average black man commits more crime so the apartment I rent to them will be twice as expensive. See how that works?

[Collegeguy]

Not sure why a choice would be given. Probably to keep the legality of it.

Perfectly fine though. If you don't want to eat there, then don't. I woudln't if I can get it somewhere else cheaper.

[hulkgor]

http://http://www.chicagotribune.com...303-story.html

To start, I would commend the choice he still gives to Caucasian customers. However, I still feel that it's a slippery slope to gauge a person's ability to pay for food based on the color of his/her skin.

How do you feel about this choice in faux charity?

Absurd.

More so, i can't even begin to imagine the consequences if it was the other way around, for whatever reason. Also, blatant racism. And the dude even makes fun of people's reaction to it? "Blank stares"... go fucking figure. Anyone would be surprised to be charged triple the cost for having the incorrect skin color. Idiot.

Nothing to be 'commended' about it OP, and also, you managed to butcher the link.

Also, on another news source about it (https://civileats.com/2018/03/01/at-...d-in-the-bill/) dude goes on as ". “Black people have even tried to pay the $30 and I’m like ‘No, it’s not for you,’” he said.". What the fuck

[Flarelaine]

http://http://www.chicagotribune.com...303-story.html

To start, I would commend the choice he still gives to Caucasian customers. However, I still feel that it's a slippery slope to gauge a person's ability to pay for food based on the color of his/her skin.

How do you feel about this choice in faux charity?

The choice is the whole point. Everyone has a choice of paying more. Raising awareness is important in these matters.

Pure racism. Average black man commits more crime so the apartment I rent to them will be twice as expensive. See how that works?

We certainly see how you work.

[PogChamp]

The choice is the whole point. Everyone has a choice of paying more. Raising awareness is important in these matters.



We certainly see how you work.

yea how dare he bring up facts.... i hate when facts get in the way of bitching and moaning.

[Zaydin]

Certainly a unique way of bringing attention to the matter.

[hulkgor]

The choice is the whole point. Everyone has a choice of paying more. Raising awareness is important in these matters.
We certainly see how you work.

Yea, that's wrong. Dude doesn't even accept the higher charge from non-whites. https://civileats.com/2018/03/01/at-...d-in-the-bill/ if you doubt it.

“Black people have even tried to pay the $30 and I’m like ‘No, it’s not for you,’” he said.

from the article.

This is racial discrimination masked as a 'social experiment'.

[Kraddark]

How is this racism? He doesn't say anything about how he feels towards white people. He gives them the choice of paying more. If they're poor they can pay 12 dollars like the rest. It just spreads awareness.

[kamuimac]

http://http://www.chicagotribune.com...303-story.html

To start, I would commend the choice he still gives to Caucasian customers. However, I still feel that it's a slippery slope to gauge a person's ability to pay for food based on the color of his/her skin.

How do you feel about this choice in faux charity?

pure rasism - imagine it would be other way around then people would loose their shit and probably devastate neighbourhood in process of protesting like in other cities when cops shot down criminals.

[Video Games]

Good to know he'd give it to a black guy that walked in making 20 mil a year because he's black

[hulkgor]

How is this racism? He doesn't say anything about how he feels towards white people. He gives them the choice of paying more. If they're poor they can pay 12 dollars like the rest. It just spreads awareness.

It's racial discrimination. By only 'offering' the option (to pay more, by starting the discussion, by giving his opinion about it) to white people, and even REFUSING it from non-whites (which he does), he's discriminating against white people. that's illegal, regardless of the 'experiment'.

Also, it's fucking hypocrite. He might guilt trip $30 from a low wage white guy only to give $18 to the middle-class black guy that only paid $12 in the first place.

[kasuke06]

"guys, it's not racist if a black person does it!"

[Crissi]

Race threads aren't allowed