An Australian man born in Brazil was denied a job at a Sydney cafe because he’s black.
Patrons of the Forbes and Burton café in Darlinghurst, inner city Sydney, were stunned to hear Nilson Dos Santos, an Australian citizen, had been turned down for the job because the owner ‘only wanted locals’.In incredible scenes, after being told by the cafe owner, who would only give his name as ‘Steven’, that he was not right for the job, Mr Dos Santos, 39, stood up and addressed the other customers at about 1.30pm on Sunday and told them why he had been turned down and asked if they would have a problem being served by a black man.In a sign of solidarity, many walked out – and a staff member even quit on the spot.This also sparked outrage among customers who took to social media and urged others to boycott the cafe.Steven, from Shanghai, China, who confirmed he was the owner, admitted to Daily Mail Australia that the fact Mr Dos Santos was black was the reason he didn’t give him the job.‘There are a lot of white customers at the café and I think the clients here want local people, not African people,’ said Steven, who arrived in Australia from China this year.‘We need to offer good service at this café and I think the coffee culture is more about white people.’
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Hmm! A Chinese man who owns a coffee shop wants to employ whites because his customers - the coffee drinkers - are white. So, if that is his belief, why is he a China man, running a coffee business? What makes him think that the whites are comfortable with him selling coffee to them? If they are, then they are equally comfortable with a black man serving them, because Asian is not Caucasian - as much as he may like to think so.
A fool of a business man!
This idiot must have misjudged his customers.
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