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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Activist Lawyer Says He’s Behind ‘Whites Only’ Stickers in Austin

An activist lawyer has claimed responsibility for placing stickers that read “exclusively for white people” on several East Austin businesses in a controversial effort to shed light on gentrification.

Adam Reposa, 40, posted an expletive-filled video on YouTube blasting the media for fixating on the offensive language of the stickers instead of looking into the deeper message.

“They’re getting pushed out, and pretty quick. This area of town is turning into whites only,” Mr. Reposa said in the clip. “Not by law like it used to be, and everyone’s going to jump on, ‘That’s racist!’ ‘that’s racist!’ Man, this town, the way [expletive] works is racist! And I knew I could just bait all of y’all into just being as stupid as you are.”

The sticker reads: “Exclusively for white people. Maximum of 5 colored customers, colored BOH (Back of House) staff accepted.” The sticker also includes the City of Austin logo and says the message is “sponsored by the City of Austin Contemporary Partition and Restoration Program,” the station reported.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Some people just aren't happy unless they're stirring things up.

An area is finally seeing some investment, economic growth, renovation and jobs. He sees this as a bad thing, because...black people leave because they prefer to live in ghettos? Seriously dude? Now that's what I would call racism.

So...ghettoization is a-ok with him then?

I am now convinced that "activist" anything, means "otherwise unemployed".

Anonymous said...

This is totally meaningless. Why "bait people" as he states, wiht a false message? Just fix the problem if there is one. Stupid.

Anonymous said...

i think he needs a flaming brown paper bag on his doorstep...

Anonymous said...

spoiled rich white boy. railing about white privilege while living off daddy. aint amerika great!

Anonymous said...

Where can I get some of these stickers? I need 4, 2 for my home, and 2 for my business.

Anonymous said...

10:14--

Ditto!!