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A California Bay Space enterprise issued an apology after a prominent Black sports journalist took to social media with claims that a few of its workers racially profiled him whereas he visited with a gaggle of pals on Saturday.
“My friends and I, all African-American, were racially profiled at a store in Healdsburg called @antheminteriors [Anthem Interiors] by the two employees,” Marc Spears, ESPN author and co-host of “The Conversations Project” on Hulu, posted in part on Instagram Sunday.
“When things like that happen, I get angry inside and feel pressure to buy something expensive to prove my worth and their wrong,” he continued. “After refraining from the urge, I attempted to offer the girl that labored there the advantage of the doubt by asking if she knew the place the closest toilet was.
Marc Spears attends “Recreation Change Recreation” premiere during the 2022 Tribeca Festival at SVA Theater on June 14, 2022, in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival)
“She steered that I am going to the @healdsburgpolicedepartment throughout the road to make use of their services. Confused I requested her why would I am going to the toilet at a police station? Her response was that it will likely be OK they received’t arrest you. I instantly departed and located a toilet at a really pleasant wine bar throughout the road known as @liocowineco.”
Spears concluded the post, writing that he loves the city of Heraldsburg and the alleged incident will not prevent him from returning.
With one final note, he said, “Due to those that present love, not ignorance and racism.”
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ESPN writer and co-host of Hulu’s “The Conversations Challenge” took to Instagram to call out the Healdsburg business for allegedly racially profiling him and his group. (Fox News)
Anthem Interiors founder Janelle Loevner reached out to Spears to personally apologize after the incident, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, noting she was shocked to find out about the incident and was “deeply sorry” about the experience.
Spears accepted the apology, believing it was “honest.”
The report added that Loevner continued by saying, “I labored actually lengthy and onerous to construct a stable enterprise. I care deeply in regards to the neighborhood, my workers, about all of it — so for this to occur it’s simply devastating.”
Gregory Lee, one of the members of Spears’ group, reportedly took particular exception to the implication that the group would worry about being arrested by police.
Loevner, though believing the remark was intended as a joke, according to the Chronicle, recognized it as “clearly offensive.”
“It’s only a excellent storm of unlucky circumstances. I don’t assume it was a racist one, however I’m not in Marc’s sneakers — I didn’t develop up as a Black man in America,” she mentioned.
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