How to be Racist in Radcliff, KY

Radcliff is a small town in a rural county.  But it is also a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky's largest city with its largest population of non-white people.  Radcliff squats on the border of Fort Knox, which I understand may have one or two non-white soldiers stationed there.  The surrounding county of Hardin has a large population of retired and active-duty military.

That's the place where racists now feel comfortable being public assholes.

From the Herald:

A racist note left by a group of customers instead of a tip was offensive, hurtful and embarrassing, a waitress for an Applebee’s in Radcliff said, according to media reports.

“We don’t tip black people,” read the note written to Jasmine Brewer on a napkin, she said. The waitress told WDRB the group of four barely said anything to her, including food and drink orders, but she remained professional and brought the food out in a timely manner.

Brewer, who has worked at Applebee’s since July, according to The News-Enterprise, said it’s the second time she has received a racist note and no tip.

“If they needed something, I got it,” she said. “...I didn’t realize I was the problem the whole time.”

After receiving the note, Brewer sent a picture of it to her mother, Regina Boone, WDRB reported. Boone’s posted the picture on Facebook, which has since been shared more than 900 times with more than 650 comments.

“THIS IS WHY THEY KNEEL!” the Facebook post from Boone began. “I’m very local and always will be. You think racism does not exist, IT DOES! This was left for MY BABY tonight at Applebee’s in Radcliff.”

Boone’s remark alluded to NFL players who have knelt for during the playing of “The Star Spangled Banner” as a protest against racism in the U.S.

Boone went on to say she was furious and urged people to stand against racism.

Read more here: https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article219316150.html#storylink=cpy

Commenters on her mom’s Facebook post have called the note disgusting and terrible, and others said the person who wrote it is gutless.

SNIP

If the customers who left the note return, management will kick them out, WDRB reported.