So I read the incident from Scott's perspective. The subject was also titled "A very racist encounter..." There was no specific point of Robb being racist. 
"  After Deon was able to enter Omni, Rob then started following him around and harassing him, acting like a cop. Although this is egregious in and of itself, and a terrible counter-representation of the Omni's values, this all came to a head when Rob accused Deon of not being "an actual, normal, human being". 

If anything it is racist against the whole human race, not just one specific race. 

Then I feel the next part was a clear interpretation, of a non-racist event taking place. 

Whether or not this was intentional, it evoked longstanding racist attitudes that black folks have been subjected to, suggesting that Deon was less-than, or sub-human. Deon was so offended that he promptly left the Omni and has not been back since.  "

Then once again there is the misleading subject of "A racist encounter...." 

Are there any data points that may have been overlooked that could give us a better understanding of why a person would consider another person a racists, when the only thing I gather is Human Being which may translate to Human Race, yet then again that means all races. 


Just trying to understand how Robb is being considered a racist, by an interpretation of what seems to me being a "non-racist" statement. 

Thanks
Robert Albert Young Chu
P::415-724-0425


On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 9:01 PM robb <sf99er@gmail.com> wrote:
i still haven't heard from anybody
i'm open to any form of resolution

On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 7:52 PM Karissa McKelvey <karissa.mckelvey@gmail.com> wrote:
Classic.

let it be known also that 'serious accountability process' is not the same as 'mediation'  and I hope it is treated as the former, not the latter..


On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 6:57 PM Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth@gmail.com> wrote:

All, I hope my intrusion is a helpful one. I'm viewing this from pretty far away.

I can easily imagine myself responding in the way Robb describes, without any racist intent. I can easily imagine it being legitimately interpreted as racist. I think the situation Robb describes is one in which balancing the needs for friendliness, security, and respect for oneself and others in the building would be *difficult*, and it's easy to err in any number of ways without ill intent. So I don't think any of you arguing about it necessarily have different values or even desire different outcomes.

I don't think that an email list discussion is going to lead to an outcome either/any of you want.

There was some mention of mediation, and I think that kind of structure could be helpful, if there's somebody willing to mediate. Is it possible to come up with a simple set of protocols to follow when somebody rings the bell, but can't demonstrate a reason they should be admitted?

Maybe having instructions readily available would help people in Robb's position respond in a way that everybody could appreciate. I sincerely doubt he wanted to do otherwise, even if his actions came off as hostile and lead to undesirable results.

-Pete

(missing Sudo Room and the Omni and wishing you all well)

On 7/1/19 6:08 PM, robb wrote:
@ Niki,
i admit i got annoyed by the singular long ring of the door bell but
i think i'll take anti-oppression advice from someone other than the one
who originally started the bad blood with Almaz by refusing to allow her to
be an equal in your previous cafe enterprise



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