The Hispanic restaurant owner who plans to hold "White Appreciation Day" now says a 10 percent discount will extend to all customers regardless of race if they ask for the discount. 9NEWS at 10 p.m. 05/10/15.
MILLIKEN-The Hispanic restaurant owner who plans to hold "White Appreciation Day" now says a 10 percent discount will extend to all customers regardless of race if they ask for the discount.
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At the time, 9NEWS asked Edgar Antillon, the owner of Rubbin Buttz BBQ, if a black customer would get a discount.
"No," Antillon said. "I wouldn't get a discount. Even if I came in, I wouldn't get a discount."
But by Sunday, he had changed his description of the June 11 event.
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"We're not backtracking, we're not clarifying anything, this was the intention from the beginning," Antillon said.
Antillon says Friday , and the restaurant was evacuated. Over the weekend, "White Appreciation Day" was trending on Twitter.
The idea has been met with mixed reviews, One person on Facebook wrote "I'm Mexican-American and I support this."
Another person tweeted "'Rolling my eyes #ridiculous."
Even though he insists the everyone is included, Antillon again defended the idea behind "White Appreciation Day."
"We need to end the white guilt because they're included in this American history and they should be included just like everybody else," Antillon said.
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MILLIKEN-The Hispanic restaurant owner who plans to hold "White Appreciation Day" now says a 10 percent discount will extend to all customers regardless of race if they ask for the discount.
The story got
At the time, 9NEWS asked Edgar Antillon, the owner of Rubbin Buttz BBQ, if a black customer would get a discount.
"No," Antillon said. "I wouldn't get a discount. Even if I came in, I wouldn't get a discount."
But by Sunday, he had changed his description of the June 11 event.
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"We're not backtracking, we're not clarifying anything, this was the intention from the beginning," Antillon said.
Antillon says Friday , and the restaurant was evacuated. Over the weekend, "White Appreciation Day" was trending on Twitter.
The idea has been met with mixed reviews, One person on Facebook wrote "I'm Mexican-American and I support this."
Another person tweeted "'Rolling my eyes #ridiculous."
Even though he insists the everyone is included, Antillon again defended the idea behind "White Appreciation Day."
"We need to end the white guilt because they're included in this American history and they should be included just like everybody else," Antillon said.
(KUSA-TV © 2015 Multimedia Holdings Corporation)
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