{"id":392281,"date":"2021-04-06T11:28:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T15:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=392281"},"modified":"2021-04-06T11:28:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T15:28:39","slug":"black-woman-asked-to-follow-restaurants-time-limit-policy-claims-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-woman-asked-to-follow-restaurants-time-limit-policy-claims-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Woman Asked To Follow Restaurant\u2019s Time-Limit Policy, Claims Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fblack-woman-asked-to-follow-restaurants-time-limit-policy-claims-racism%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=392281&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-510.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A black woman was asked to adhere to a Georgetown restaurant\u2019s 90-minute seating policy and subsequently claimed racism, even comparing herself to Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks.<\/p>\n<p>The Federalist <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/04\/06\/black-woman-tries-to-take-down-restaurant-after-alleging-racist-incident\/\">reported<\/a> that Kristi Riggs was with some guests at Martin\u2019s Tavern in Washington, D.C., when she was asked to comply with the restaurant\u2019s 90-minute seating policy designed to allow more people to eat at the establishment given the District\u2019s COVID-19 policies that still require restaurants to operate at 25% capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Riggs did not take the request well, accusing two restaurant employees of racially profiling her after they asked her and her guests to vacate so more patrons could be seated. The customers waiting to be seated happened to be two white women, a fact Riggs included in her complaint, the Washington City Paper <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtoncitypaper.com\/article\/513489\/patron-alleging-racial-profiling-incident-at-martins-tavern-remains-frustrated-with-restaurants-lack-of-response\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Riggs claimed that the restaurant tried to get her and her guests to leave even before their 90-minute window was over and alleged the restaurant didn\u2019t treat a nearby table of white diners in a similar fashion. She also compared herself to Parks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was Rosa Parks at Martin\u2019s Tavern in Georgetown,\u201d Riggs told the outlet. \u201cI was made to get up and leave the restaurant so that two White women could have my table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Riggs also told the paper that she complained to Tavern owner Billy Martin Jr. and issued a list of five demands, which she claimed he verbally agreed to but has since ignored. Those five demands are for Martin\u2019s Tavern to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Fire the two employees involved in the incident;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Close the tavern for 1 to 2 days to provide mandatory sensitivity and diversity, equity, and inclusion training to all ownership, management, and staff from a preferred list of Riggs\u2019 suggestions;&nbsp;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Create ongoing accounts or business relationships with at least three Black-owned vendors who are food\/beverage suppliers, maintenance service providers, restaurant suppliers, or marketers;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Provide regular management training and job placement for Howard University students enrolled in the school\u2019s hospitality program; and<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Make an annual contribution of at least $2,500 to the United Negro College Fund in Riggs\u2019 name.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As The Federalist noted, shutting down the restaurant could hurt Martin\u2019s Tavern, given the District\u2019s continued shutdowns during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas B. Martin, attorney for the restaurant\u2019s owner (no relation) released a statement saying they had tried to work with Riggs to reach an agreement:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p><em>Billy Martin, Owner of Martin\u2019s Tavern, met virtually with Ms. Riggs, listened carefully to her concerns, and had a positive discussion about charting a path forward. Even through Mr. Martin\u2019s health crisis, he worked diligently in good faith to try to reach a resolution. However, the parties were unable to come together on the terms and wording of the joint statement Ms. Riggs requested. Nonetheless, Martin\u2019s Tavern remains hopeful that a positive outcome may ultimately result from this matter.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The City Paper reported that Martin\u2019s Tavern fired the two employees involved in the incident, but that didn\u2019t satisfy Riggs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m done being understanding,\u201d she told the outlet. \u201cI\u2019m done giving Martin\u2019s Tavern the benefit of the doubt. I\u2019m finished with that. And if I don\u2019t get satisfaction with this, I will take my offer of goodwill off the table and we\u2019ll handle this differently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin\u2019s Tavern is a Georgetown staple, serving presidents from Harry Truman to George W. Bush. It is also, according to unconfirmed legend, the location where John F. Kennedy proposed to Jackie Bouvier.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A black woman was asked to adhere to a Georgetown restaurant\u2019s 90-minute seating policy and subsequently claimed racism, even comparing herself to Civil Rights icon Rosa Parks.The Federalist reported that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311722,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-510.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Black Woman Asked To Follow Restaurant\u2019s Time-Limit Policy, Claims Racism","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-392281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-510.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Black Woman Asked To Follow Restaurant\u2019s Time-Limit Policy, Claims Racism","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392281","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}