Birchwood Cafe staff shakeup follows
arduous pandemic year, racial reckoning
Posted By: Ribicon, 7/12/2021 4:30:01 PM
The Birchwood Cafe in south Minneapolis threw a Juneteenth block party this year to mark the holiday that recognizes the date enslaved people in Texas learned they were free. Then, just days later, the well-known restaurant shut down, with most of its staff laid off and a fight spilling onto social media about racism, safety and the stresses staff faced during the pandemic and a year of racial reckoning. Tracy Singleton, the owner, said her decision to shutter Birchwood comes as she considers reorganization options. Even before the Juneteenth party, she said she had been planning to lay everyone off after Father's Day and invite them to reapply
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Reminder: never work for a crazy person. Here, a seemingly deranged WHITE woman wanted to fire everyone because bLACK Lives Matter, then rehire them only if they favor anti-oppression and liberation (i.e., hating white people), which means whatever she wants it to mean. She's also on the receiving end of $900,000 of US taxpayer money through the Covid PPP scam.