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Cuban community plans rally in response to Black Lives Matter demands
Posted on 8/2/20 at 3:03 pm
Posted on 8/2/20 at 3:03 pm
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Members of Louisville's Cuban community plan to gather Sunday in support of a NuLu restaurant owner who says he was threatened by Black Lives Matter protesters during a recent demonstration.
Fernando Martinez, a partner of the Olé Restaurant Group, was one of dozens of business owners in the downtown Louisville district who recently received a letter from protesters laying out demands that aim to improve diversity in the area, which is known for its locally-owned shops and restaurants.
Martinez has publicly denounced the demands on Facebook, calling them "mafia tactics" used to intimidate business owners. And on Thursday, a small group of protesters confronted him outside his newest restaurant, La Bodeguita de Mima, on East Market Street.
"There comes a time in life that you have to make a stand and you have to really prove your convictions and what you believe in," Martinez wrote in his Facebook post. "... All good people need to denounce this. How can you justified (sic) injustice with more injustice?"
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The demands and an attached contract, which were created by local organizers and activists, ask NuLu business owners to:
Adequately represent the Black population of Louisville by having a minimum of 23% Black staff;
Purchase a minimum of 23% inventory from Black retailers or make a recurring monthly donation of 1.5% of net sales to a local Black nonprofit or organization;
Require diversity and inclusion training for all staff members on a bi-annual basis;
And display a visible sign that increases awareness and shows support for the reparations movement.
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Posted on 8/2/20 at 3:05 pm to RLDSC FAN
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Adequately represent the Black population of Louisville by having a minimum of 23% Black staff;
Purchase a minimum of 23% inventory from Black retailers or make a recurring monthly donation of 1.5% of net sales to a local Black nonprofit or organization;
Mandating economic activity along racial grounds?
We had a word for that in the past. Jim Crow
Posted on 8/2/20 at 3:06 pm to RLDSC FAN
Sounds like racketeering.
Posted on 8/2/20 at 3:07 pm to RLDSC FAN
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Adequately represent the Black population of Louisville by having a minimum of 23% Black staff;
What happens if you can only hire 10% because black people may not want to work at this business?
Will BLM force 13% to get a job there? Burn his business down?
Posted on 8/2/20 at 3:07 pm to RLDSC FAN
More new Trump voters....come on down!
Posted on 8/2/20 at 3:08 pm to RLDSC FAN
Sounds like a mafia protection scheme.
Posted on 8/2/20 at 3:12 pm to RLDSC FAN
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The demands and an attached contract, which were created by local organizers and activists, ask NuLu business owners to:
Adequately represent the Black population of Louisville by having a minimum of 23% Black staff;
Purchase a minimum of 23% inventory from Black retailers or make a recurring monthly donation of 1.5% of net sales to a local Black nonprofit or organization;
Require diversity and inclusion training for all staff members on a bi-annual basis;
And display a visible sign that increases awareness and shows support for the reparations movement.
We just want justice for George
Posted on 8/2/20 at 3:13 pm to Bushwackers
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More new Trump voters....come on down!
A lot of Cubans hate communists, so they'll probably hate BLM by default
Posted on 8/2/20 at 3:15 pm to RLDSC FAN
every sane rational person can and should get behind this position, and put a stop this BS...
Posted on 8/2/20 at 3:16 pm to RLDSC FAN
The left just keeps making their chances at winning in November more and more difficult.
Posted on 8/2/20 at 3:20 pm to Melvin Spellvin
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every sane rational person can and should get behind this position, and put a stop this BS...
They've been bullied to where they can't speak about it.
The mob is a swarm of locusts.
Posted on 8/2/20 at 3:22 pm to RLDSC FAN
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The demands and an attached contract, which were created by local organizers and activists, ask NuLu business owners to:
Adequately represent the Black population of Louisville by having a minimum of 23% Black staff;
Purchase a minimum of 23% inventory from Black retailers or make a recurring monthly donation of 1.5% of net sales to a local Black nonprofit or organization;
Require diversity and inclusion training for all staff members on a bi-annual basis;
And display a visible sign that increases awareness and shows support for the reparations movement.
Get. fricked.
Posted on 8/2/20 at 3:25 pm to Bushwackers
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More new Trump voters....come on down!
Cubans are some of the most vocal against Obama and Biden for their dealings with Castro.
Posted on 8/2/20 at 3:30 pm to RLDSC FAN
Isn’t this a blatant protection racket covered under RICO?
Posted on 8/2/20 at 3:33 pm to RLDSC FAN
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And display a visible sign that increases awareness and shows support for the reparations movement.
They are out of their minds.
Posted on 8/2/20 at 3:34 pm to dupergreenie
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What happens if you can only hire 10% because black people may not want to work at this business?
Then they want you to pay reparations. Not even kidding.
I’m all for the push for police reform here after the Breonna Taylor case. And I’m all for addressing inequities in the community and city. But I’m glad to see the Ole’ group (company that owns their NuLu restaurant) stand up against this. It’s full on extortion.
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