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A viral Facebook post recently led a local business to respond to an alleged interaction involving racist remarks that occurred yesterday while people were preparing for the Little Italy Days festival in Bloomfield.
Juliette Elbaum posted on Facebook that she witnessed an employee at Bad Azz BBQ yell that he was a “big Trumper” to an Asian-American man across the street. According to the post, the Bad Azz BBQ employee added that the Asian-American people setting up a food stand across the street “would not be allowed to do so if Trump had his way.”
Elbaum wrote that the Bad Azz BBQ employee then yelled that he hoped the “purveyor of the chicken on a stick [sic] stand in front of Rocky’s on Liberty would be deported.”
Little Italy Days is one of the largest immigrant heritage festivals in Pittsburgh.
Trump has made racist and derogatory remarks directed at people of color and immigrants and children of immigrants. He has also instituted several anti-immigrant policies and vowed to deport most undocumented immigrants.
The next day, Bad Azz BBQ posted on Facebook that the business “does not tolerate any form of racism” and that they “discussed this matter with the other vendor involved who agrees that it was just banter in good humor.” But Bad Azz BBQ reiterated that the behavior and language of the associate was “unacceptable.”
The barbecue stall said it is dealing with the matter internally and the “associate involved will not be in attendance at Little Italy Days.”
Elbaum told City Paper that dismissing racism as a joke was “backpedaling what was said.” She said she spoke with the Asian-American man after the incident and said her impression was that he was shrugging it off, but wasn’t actively participating in the alleged joke.
“Racism is not a joke and the chicken on a stick guy didn’t seem amused to me,” said Elbaum.
This article appears in Aug 14-19, 2019.
Anything to stir things up in the name of Racism. Let’s keep blaming Trump left wing media. The race card is getting very old liberal Democrats. In fact, you should look in the mirror and see who the real hate filled people are.
You should be ashamed City Paper for stiring up this propaganda. I am not surprised though being a liberal left paper.
Par for the course
Cesar Sayoc, Robert Bowers, Patrick Crusius, James Alex Fields Jr, Dylann Roof, Santino William Legan. You really should delete your comment so you dont look so simple.
The sad truth is that NOTHING will happen to the employee because Scott Bradley is not just an employee, but the actual owner of BAB. Stacy Bradleys name was put on paper as owner to get the benefits of a woman owning a small business. So talk all we want, NOTHING will change in the BAB world.
So youre taking the observation of someone who is already biased against the spoken words over the actual person involved…
more bullsit…from clowns that say anything to get noticed…the reporter was biased…the report is biased….Trump calls it as it is….free speech seems to offend..and the crybullies who never fight for anything exercize their free speech as protected…get over yourselves..be proud of your side and quit crying about your disadvantages…overcome the challenges and enjoy the noble fight. quit trying to level the field…you’re pissing off the mountain climbers…! robert in Harwick…! Trump 2020