Restaurant to host "white appreciation day"

[sparrowsong]

MILLIKEN - The Hispanic owners of a barbecue restaurant in Milliken say they plan to host a "White Appreciation Day" next month.



Edgar Antillon and Miguel Jimenez said they recently purchased Rubbin Buttz BBQ on Broad Street. They said they plan to offer a 10 percent discount to all white people on June 11.



"We have Black History Month and Hispanic Heritage Month, so we decided to have one day to celebrate white Americans, because all Americans should be celebrated," the owners said in a news release.



The men expect they might receive backlash and said they realize there's a history of racism in the America.



"Although we are not seeking to forget the wrong, we are hoping to highlight the good," the release said. "Getting mad because we want to celebrate white people, and simultaneously demanding that a nation celebrate another class of American is hypocritical and un-American."



9NEWS is interviewing the owners and will have more on the reasons behind their decision, and what state civil rights officials have to say about the idea, tonight at 9 & 10 p.m.

[sporky]

[anonymous]

Lol.

[cookiemdough]

Finally!

[summer]

People can be so basic sometimes.

[phunluvin82]

Thank god...a short reprieve from all the reverse racism plaguing our country! 

[dawnzersong]

Rubbin Butz?

[secretlyevil]

::eye roll::

[ringstrue]

Ten percent!? I don't feel very appreciated.

[NewOrleans]

This was worth reading for the responses in here. :happy sigh:

[sushi]

Rubbin butz. Giving new meaning to food porn.

[iammalcolmx]

May 7, 2015 23:11:10 GMT -5 cookiemdough said:

Finally!

I LOLed

[demandypants]

Next will be children's day.

[ladybug2002]

May 7, 2015 23:11:10 GMT -5 cookiemdough said:

Finally!

LOL. At least now there is a comeback when these idiots ask when they'll get a celebration of whiteness.

[jillboston]

any chance this was tongue in cheek? nah. just more stupid people.

[Velvetshady]

May 8, 2015 0:25:17 GMT -5 Scout'sHonor said:

Dammit, I used to live there. It's keeping up with its trashiness I see.

I'm just happy to see no quotes from relatives. I've never been there, but the town is overrun with my Dad's cousins we don't discuss politics with.






My husband doesn't believe any self respecting white man would admit to going to a place called Rubbin Buttz.

[ladybug2002]

May 8, 2015 8:55:34 GMT -5 Velvetshady said:

My husband doesn't believe any self respecting white man would admit to going to a place called Rubbin Buttz.

Unless it's a strip club

[mbcdefg]

Now I've got this song stuck in my head:

[Velvetshady]

May 8, 2015 9:20:02 GMT -5 Scout'sHonor said:

May 8, 2015 8:55:34 GMT -5 Velvetshady said:

I'm just happy to see no quotes from relatives. I've never been there, but the town is overrun with my Dad's cousins we don't discuss politics with.

Really? I probably went to high school with some of your family then.  There's a reason I've never gone back.

Or we might be family...dun, dun, dun.

[meshaliuknits]

Do @helenabonhamcarter and I get 5% off since we're being half appreciated?

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

Thank God. My people have been oppressed for far too long. Barbecue for 10% off will make everything better.