{"id":1541339,"date":"2022-07-06T11:19:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T15:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1541339"},"modified":"2022-07-06T11:20:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T15:20:05","slug":"woke-coffee-shop-closes-down-after-insane-demands-from-even-more-woke-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-coffee-shop-closes-down-after-insane-demands-from-even-more-woke-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Woke Coffee Shop Closes Down After Insane Demands From Even-More-Woke Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwoke-coffee-shop-closes-down-after-insane-demands-from-even-more-woke-employees%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1541339&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A coffee shop in <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/philadelphia\">Philadelphia<\/a> known for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/lgbtq\">LGBTQ<\/a> brand identity closed its doors after employees revolted against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/business\">owners<\/a> and demanded that they \u201credistribute\u201d the company.<\/p>\n<p>Mina\u2019s World, located in the neighborhood of West Philadelphia, was characterized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/story\/minas-world\">Bon Appetit<\/a> as a business that doubled as a \u201changout spot for people of marginalized identities.\u201d Sonam Parikh, who ran the company alongside partner and co-owner Kate Egghart, told the outlet that Mina\u2019s World was the city\u2019s first coffee shop owned and operated by queer, trans people of color (\u201cQTPOC\u201d). The pair had named the company after their cat.<\/p>\n<p>Parikh blasted other coffee shops for neglecting to \u201cprotect their Black and trans employees\u201d and allow customers to enjoy coffee in a space that was not \u201cwhitewashed.\u201d However, as chronicled by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/minas-world-cafe-west-philly-people-fridge-philadelphia-20220702.html\">Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a> and Libs of TikTok, Parikh and Egghart after similar allegations.<\/p>\n<p>An Instagram page called the \u201cMinas World Workers\u201d began posting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CezUOrlJEiz\/\">accusations<\/a> against the ownership last month, claiming that they had subjected workers to \u201cmanipulation, abuse of power, exploitation, anti-blackness, ableism,\u201d and other charges summarized in a \u201cList of Grievances.\u201d The employees demanded \u201cimmediate payment\u201d and told the owners to \u201credistribute the business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Egghart and Parikh apologized in an Instagram video, which has since been removed from the Mina\u2019s World account. \u201cWe\u2019re going live as part of a radical accountability process. We\u2019re complicit in the gentrification and anti-blackness on 52nd Street. We put our community at risk with our presence as well as our workers,\u201d the pair said, per Libs of TikTok. \u201cWith the guidance of the workers and Black and Brown Workers Collective, we\u2019re trying to raise funds to buy the business and turn it over to our staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Days later, the building that hosted Mina\u2019s World was listed for sale. According to the workers, Kate Egghart\u2019s mother, Eunjoo, was the owner of the building as well as an 18% owner of the company. The workers claimed that despite Parikh and Egghart\u2019s best efforts, she \u201crefused\u201d the request to redistribute the business.<\/p>\n<p>The workers attempted to raise $200,000 via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-the-workers-of-minas-world?member=19986061&#038;sharetype=teams&#038;utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&#038;utm_medium=copy_link&#038;utm_source=customer\">GoFundMe<\/a> to purchase the building, as well as the share of the business allegedly owned by Eunjoo Egghart. They managed to raise over $11,000 by July 6. In early July, however, Mina\u2019s World <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cfe5u5qpnpB\/\">said<\/a> it did not \u201chave enough money to continue operating\u201d and closed its doors.<\/p>\n<p>Mina\u2019s World failed despite substantial media attention since its opening in 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/philly.eater.com\/22517795\/minas-world-west-philly-sonam-parikh-kate-egghart\">Eater<\/a> lauded the business for selling \u201ccrispy spinach-and-onion pakoras, creative chai lattes, and ceramic incense holders made by local artists\u201d even as it remained a \u201csafe, inclusive culture\u201d that prioritized fair worker pay. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/pop-culture\/tyler-ford\">Complex<\/a> mentioned Mina\u2019s World as a \u201clovely and queer and trans owned,\u201d praising its ability to \u201csell artwork and books from people in their community and make a lot of their own homemade recipes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet as Libs of TikTok commented, the owners still appeared to be cannibalized by their fellow activists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEgghart and Parikh\u2019s surrender to the outrage shows a point proven again and again \u2014 no matter how many times you bend the knee to the mob, you will never be able to adhere to their insatiable standards for progressive enlightenment,\u201d Libs of TikTok remarked. \u201cNo matter how much of an \u2018ally\u2019 you are, you will never be safe from becoming just another trophy head on the wall of wokeism.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A coffee shop in Philadelphia known for its LGBTQ brand identity closed its doors after employees revolted against the owners and demanded that they \u201credistribute\u201d the company. Mina\u2019s World, located in the neighborhood of West Philadelphia, was characterized by Bon Appetit as a business that doubled as a \u201changout spot for people of marginalized identities.\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1541446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1541339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1541339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1541446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1541339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1541339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1541339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}