Barbershop owner told to leave building after allegation of racist comment. Bananas had been left at

[TexasTowelie]

Barbershop owner told to leave building after allegation of racist comment. Bananas had been left at Old Winston Barber & Style.


The owner of Old Winston Barber & Style Co., on the corner of Sixth and Trade streets, was told Tuesday by the building's owner that he could no longer rent there because of racist comments from his Facebook account.

Michael Berrier, the owner of the barbershop, was singled out by people in the community after the comment began to circulate on social media during a weekend of protests and heightened awareness of police brutality.

A screen shot of the comment made from Barrier's Facebook account, “Throw some bananas down the street and they'll run towards them ... they like bananas."

The comment was on a post about protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into Floyd's neck. The protesters were mostly black and comparisons to monkeys, including the use of images of bananas, have long been considered a slur against African Americans.

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(Winston-Salem Journal)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I am constantly amazed that people post crap on social media

and then they're so surprised when people actually read it and it bites them on the butt.

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Me too, TVO, but I guess the presupposition that white privilege

is not only the norm but also the universally accepted fact is so strong it defies logic and the presumption of acceptance. It's a long fall down from that high horse, thankfully.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. I know. It's pathetic and a sign that these idiots don't realize the digital nature of the internet

means that their messages will literally be out there for posterity. I think that there still are tons of people that don't realize the true nature of an internet society and that literally, words can come back and bite you in the a&&. The one thing good I see about this, is that these scumbags are being ID'ed right and left, and they are being called out for their racist views everywhere, cops, saloon owners, anyone who's posted bigoted crap out there.

[CRK7376]

4. That happened in my

town and I used to visit a barber shop down in that part of town. I don't go there anymore....because I have no hair to barber......