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and, ummm, ahhh, ummm

WHERE???

How does one do a restaurant review with listing the address of the restaurant???

And thank SO MUCH for giving The Big Guy the opportunity to post a comment, without having to verify if The Big Guy has 75225 zip code.

A couple of more points:

The website is ugly, and loads slowly.

“To just sit, relax, and immediately feel at home even though I wasn’t that similar to the people there (the majority of diners were African-American) was liberating.”

This is a trick, right? A troll post?

jrp = I miss your comments. I mean, I miss comments in general but yours in particular.

While this behavior may seem innocent and cute when it concerns an afternoon jaunt to a local restaurant, take it out of that context and put it into, oh, one of employment decision making.

Jonathon is a manager, and has to choose between two equally-qualified individuals for an open position. One is white, and the other is black-latino-asian-gay-whatever. The white applicant will, more than likely, get the job.

That is the crux of the argument, and one of this country’s most persistent and destructive problems.

There are many people who either don’t go south of 635 or outside of the Bubble, nor toward Fair Park or Arlington. And, if it wasn’t for this review, I wouldn’t want to drive all the way down to Deep Ellum just to eat.

You, Brandon and jrp, just ruined this perfectly light-hearted and funny commentary. Hopefully you can overlook your own insensitivity and lack of realism and see that others are in fact different from you and may not be as ‘comfortable’ in ‘different’ situations.

Vern’s – Great food, but haven’t eaten there in years. But, your review brought back many of those great memories. I may have to go visit again!

this cat admits he’s afraid of those unlike himself…i find it troubling that an adult would feel that way and i believe it’s a product of many things, least of all the institutional racism that still permeates American (and global) society, especially in the private-schooled sect the intern admits being a part of

sad, man, so much of Dallas is just sorry and sad

As far as racemongers above, go screw yourselves. People shouldn’t have to walk on eggshells to keep from being called a racist. He wrote something that was humorous and light and you’re trying to make it sound like he wants to resurrect Jim Crow. Get a life.

this isn’t even journalism

it’s a diary entry from an overly sheltered Millennial who appears ill-equipped for adulthood like so many of his ilk

i don’t find this funny or entertaining
i think it’s a sad, parochial view of the world and somewhat racist

at least, he kinda understands that
“…my experience with those not like me can vary from nervousness to bewilderment to fright. These are things I’m not proud of.”

but as a working journalist, who is apparently an old fuddy-duddy at 37, everything about these two sentences scares the crap outta me
“I still do not understand how people did this before iPhones but whatever. The past is lame anyways.”