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Negroes in UK mad abot being called black

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Jesse

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Nov 5, 2009, 8:08:23 AM11/5/09
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So is "black" another word to chalk up on the PC banned list ?
These niggers are obviously taking lessons from their kin in America,
look at their faces, they are thinking of nothing but hitting the
"nigger lottery", as we call it here.

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Pub apologises after calling couple 'black' on their bill - when they
were the only customers dining

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 1:38 PM on 03rd November 2009


Johnson Abraham and Roxanne Duhur were branded 'black couple' by pub staff

'We want an apology': Johnson Abraham and Roxanne Duhur hold up the bill
which referred to them as 'upstairs blk couple'

A student and his girlfriend are furious after being called a 'black
couple' on their receipt by staff at a pub.

Johnson Abraham, 24, and Roxanne Duhur, 21, claim they were the only
couple dining when they received their bill at the Slug And Lettuce in
Islington Green, North London.

Mr Abraham, a mechanical engineering student from Dalston, in Hackney,
East London, was at the pub last month with Ms Duhur to celebrate her
new job as an estate agent.

They ordered at the bar, without a table number, before going upstairs
to find a seat.

When they went to pay for the meal the comment 'upstairs blk couple' was
printed on the bill.

Mr Abraham said: 'I was outraged. They wouldn't have written "white couple".

'They could have found another way to describe us. I don't feel it's
appropriate.

'They could have just written "couple". The only other people eating
apart from us was a large group.

'I do class it as racism. I felt like we were being classed by our
colour and nothing else. It spoiled what should have been a celebration.'

Mr Abraham complained to Slug and Lettuce area manager Nick O'Donnell,
who admitted the words were 'insensitive'.

Slug-and-Lettuce.jpg

The bill with the reference to the couple (circled by MailOnline)

He said: 'The member of the team concerned was trying to make sure that
there would be no mistake in sending the food.

'We often put a note on orders to help reduce the chances of an order
being sent to the wrong table.

'I agree in this case the language used was inappropriate. I apologise
for the upset that this has caused.'

Mr O'Donnell invited the couple back to the pub to prove its 'great
intentions'.

He offered them a complimentary bottle of house Champagne - the �29.95
Duval-Leroy Fleur de Champagne Brut - and a sharing platter worth �11.25.

But Mr Abraham, from Dalston, said: 'Champagne and a platter isn't
compensation. I want an apology.

'The area manager has phoned to apologise but the waitress hasn't.'

A Slug and Lettuce spokeswoman said managers had spoken to restaurant
staff in its outlets with a dining area split over two floors to avoid
making the same mistake.

She added: 'We have taken appropriate action with the person involved.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1224910/Pub-branded-black-couple-ones-dining.html#ixzz0VpU5ZHQg

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