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Written by Andrew HoodSeptember 8, 2020

The Battle Over Biscuits and Gravy on the 11-Price Cafe

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In 1979, the yr the diner first opened, town was lower than a decade faraway from riots that adopted the killing of Vivian Strong. She was practising dance strikes together with her associates because the police arrived to research a suspected theft; a white officer fatally shot Ms. Sturdy, who was Black, at the back of the top. She was 14.

Now, throughout the unrest of 2020, the Caniglias have been closing up. In a letter posted on-line, the Caniglias said family members had been threatened on social media and at their houses.

“The verbal abuse, taunting and having to be escorted to and from their vehicles by police and safety officers for his or her security for 2 straight days was greater than we may watch them endure,” it learn.

The household has stated it has no plans to reopen the diner. Christine Duncan, the proprietor’s daughter who managed the restaurant for 22 years, when reached over Fb Messenger responded angrily concerning the Black Lives Matter motion and stated: “Screw them protesters! That’s all I’ve to say!”

Some Omahans criticized the dispute as one other instance of so-called cancel tradition going too far.

“The angle of in case you don’t agree with me I’m going to do all I can to take you down is unproductive and it’s un-American,” stated Brinker Harding, a Metropolis Council member who was an alternate delegate for this summer season’s Republican conference.

For others, the talk was the tip of an extended, extra quiet protest.

JaKeen Fox, a group activist in Omaha, stated he had refused on precept to go to the 11-Price Cafe for years, ever since he heard Robert E. Lee’s title was on the menu.

“To cut back the demonstration to a dialog round a menu merchandise is a flaw,” he stated. “However even when it was nearly a menu merchandise that’s vital, too, as a result of it exhibits the way you welcome Black and brown folks in society.”

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