Mexican restaurant is called "Big Beaners" and they are asking for its closure

What a mess it was to set up a Mexican restaurant in Amarillo, Texas, which is still not open and already has dozens of complaints calling for its closure. The place is called "Big Beaners", a pejorative term that has aroused great indignation in the region and social networks. Several anti-racism organizations have already publicized the case and held protests. According to Ryan Brown, an attorney with Blackburn & Brown, a civil rights law firm that has also joined the call, the business owner "has the right" to name his business by any "racist" name, but they, in turn, have the right to "boycott" it. The opening of the establishment is scheduled for June 19 and things are so hostile that she has already reported the acts of vandalism to the police. For Nicolas Kanellos, a professor at the University of Houston, the choice of that name is due to a "lack of sensitivity, of understanding the culture and even of his own clientele". More than 10,000 people have signed a petition circulating on social networks created by Ali Ramos, a social worker and resident of Amarillo on the change.org platform for attorney Jesse Quackenbush, owner of the restaurant. remove the signs and change the name.

• 2020-06-16T14:48:49+00:00
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