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>Those incidents prompted the Rev. Bernice King, CEO of the King Center in Atlanta, to call for a boycott of the beloved chain. Maybe her heart was in the righ
by creaghpatr 8y ago
>Those incidents prompted the Rev. Bernice King, CEO of the King Center in Atlanta, to call for a boycott of the beloved chain.
Maybe her heart was in the right place but that idea was doomed from the start. Waffle House and Chick-fil-a are 100% boycott proof in the south, me personally I eat at waho 3 times a week- it’s the best most consistent bang for your buck and the service is impeccable even at 4am.
- peterwwillis 8y agoAnd why would boycotting a waffle house combat police brutality? Is it supposed to pressure waffle house to condemn the police?
- unclebucknasty 8y agohttps://twitter.com/BerniceKing/status/994564295374655488 https://twitter.com/BerniceKing/status/994564295374655488 https://atlanta.eater.com/2018/5/11/17343994/bernice-king-waffle-house-boycott https://atlanta.eater.com/2018/5/11/17343994/bernice-king-wa...
- tenpies 8y agoActivists often try to get corporations to bend the proverbial knee and "have a discussion" which ultimately leads to "commit to training" which is code for "hire me or people very similar to me". A great example was Starbucks who sank several millions into training. That training is based on known flawed testing and almost certainly does nothing to ameliorate the problem it claims to fix. It is fantastic for the social justice activist educator industry though. At best it's a conflict of interest. At worst it's blackmail.
- moron4hire 8y agoYeah, I don't know how Chik-fil-a works, but Waffle Houses are very independent franchises.