One Chef's social experiment - charge blacks one price ask whites to pay more

By HSG on Wed, 03/07/2018 - 1:42pm |

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2018/03/02/one-chefs-social-experiment-charge-minorities-12-white-people-30/?utm_term=.32340941b393

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It is disappointing that chef Tunde Wey has chosen to equate blackness with poverty and whiteness with wealth. This formula all but guarantees continued racial strife. A much more effective and fair political strategy would be to offer reduced prices to all low to moderate-income patrons. This would serve to unify poor and working folks of different races and ethnicities rather than to divide them. It would also disproportionately benefit African-Americans since, as the proprietor points out, they are much poorer on average.

by HSG on Wed, 03/07/2018 - 1:44pm

Couple of reactions: 1) the reporter says the restaurateur Tunde Wey charges ppl of color $12 but asks whites to pay $30 - do ppl of color include Asians? 2) It is disappointing that Wey has chosen to equate blackness with poverty and whiteness with affluence. This formula all but guarantees continued racial strife. A much more effective and fair political strategy would be to offer reduced prices to all low to moderate-income patrons. This would serve to unify poor and working folks of different races and ethnicities rather than to divide them. It would also disproportionately benefit African-Americans since as the proprietor points out, they are much poorer on average.

That's the first comment on the article. Are you samnrose, Hal?

by barefooted on Wed, 03/07/2018 - 5:06pm

It’s a flawed research project that is only temporary. Profits go to charity.

by rmrd0000 on Wed, 03/07/2018 - 2:25pm

I would call it a work of performance art rather than a research project. He's just trying to get people to look at things from a different frame.

by artappraiser on Wed, 03/07/2018 - 8:38pm

The article describes the chef as conducting a sociology experiment. The chef hired a student to create an exit interview form. The problem with the experiment is in the way it was set up.

by rmrd0000 on Thu, 03/08/2018 - 8:22am

Not having read any details, I'd guess there was no "problem" - he just showed displayed what he intended.
It's just an exercise. Everyone's so serious and fine-lined these days. Bring back fat and sloppy.

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 03/08/2018 - 9:09am

One Chef's social experiment - charge blacks one price ask whites to pay more

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