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>Just as, for example, if a business decided (if it was legal) to only allow people of a certain race to enter, I would like to think that most members of that
by BobaFloutist 2y ago
>Just as, for example, if a business decided (if it was legal) to only allow people of a certain race to enter, I would like to think that most members of that race would be disgusted enough to boycott that business and the business will rightly fail.
We literally have federal laws outlawing this because it was, in fact, a selling point to exclude other races. Are you unaware of the history, or just hoping that racism has successfully been ended in the United States?
- jahewson 2y ago1964 was 60 years ago.
- BobaFloutist 2y agoSo you think if the law was removed from the books people would simply choose not to have racist public establishments in 2025?
- shric 2y agoMost businesses struggle to stay afloat without adding racial discrimination. I suspect almost all such businesses would die quickly. So yes, there would be such public disgust and stigma that even those patrons who valued such a business would hopefully hesitate to expose their bigotry.