- Jurisdiction
- Florida
I am a woman of color. I was at Miami airport yesterday. Went to a bar/restaurant. Sat down at the bar counter to get a mimosa before my connecting flight.
I sat at that counter and waited. The server/bartender completely ignored me, serving and interacting with every customer around me. She wouldn't even look my way, and I did not get acknowledged or served. She literally helped everyone but me and would not look my way. There were no other people of color here.
Then a white couple sat next to me. Within ten seconds, she warmly greeted them with a "Good morning" and a smile and had asked them what they would like.
I was devastated and incredulous. I said to the server, " I have been sitting here being completely IGNORED by you, and didn't even receive an acknowledgement."
She gave me a phony apology, but it was painfully obvious what was happening. And it hurt. Jim Crow is alive and well still.
There are cameras, by the way. There is video evidence.
Please let me know if I have any legal recourse. The onus should not be on me to deal with this type of hurtful indignity and take it with a stiff uppper lip. It was so blatant. In 2020.
I sat at that counter and waited. The server/bartender completely ignored me, serving and interacting with every customer around me. She wouldn't even look my way, and I did not get acknowledged or served. She literally helped everyone but me and would not look my way. There were no other people of color here.
Then a white couple sat next to me. Within ten seconds, she warmly greeted them with a "Good morning" and a smile and had asked them what they would like.
I was devastated and incredulous. I said to the server, " I have been sitting here being completely IGNORED by you, and didn't even receive an acknowledgement."
She gave me a phony apology, but it was painfully obvious what was happening. And it hurt. Jim Crow is alive and well still.
There are cameras, by the way. There is video evidence.
Please let me know if I have any legal recourse. The onus should not be on me to deal with this type of hurtful indignity and take it with a stiff uppper lip. It was so blatant. In 2020.