{"id":43307,"date":"2020-06-24T17:36:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T17:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=43307"},"modified":"2020-06-24T17:36:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T17:36:10","slug":"racism-takes-many-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=43307","title":{"rendered":"Racism takes many forms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=Racism%20%23BigBeaners%20%23JesseQuackenbush&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/beaners.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-43308\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/beaners-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/beaners-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/beaners.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am seeing this drama unfold from some distance, but given my history with Amarillo, Texas, it isn&#8217;t as far as many other communities on which commented regarding similar issues.<\/p>\n<p>A local lawyer, Jesse Quackenbush, wants to open a Mexican food restaurant called Big Beaners. It has, um, drawn considerable opposition within the community. Why? The term &#8220;beaners&#8221; is perceived by many Latinos to be an ethnic slur. Some of us Anglos see it that way, too.<\/p>\n<p>Quackenbush, known for his feisty and occasionally combative nature, isn&#8217;t backing down. He wants to open the joint in early July; I understand he pushed the opening date back a few days.<\/p>\n<p>He said he isn&#8217;t going to change the name because he already has ordered restaurant supplies &#8212; napkins, cups, plates and such &#8212; with the name Big Beaners inscribed on them.<\/p>\n<p>This story, it seems to me, is a direct result of the rising public awareness of racial and ethnic sensitivity that has been pushed to the front of our consciousness. I haven&#8217;t spoken to Jesse Quackenbush about this, although I do understand he is digging against the racism allegation.<\/p>\n<p>I just would suggest that the term &#8220;beaners&#8221; is a term that has racist connotations to many of us who hear it. I wish he would rename the restaurant he intends to open.<\/p>\n<p>We return to Amarillo on occasion to see family and friends. I guess I should just acknowledge that I won&#8217;t darken his door as long as the establish carries a name that I find offensive.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=Racism%20%23BigBeaners%20%23JesseQuackenbush&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am seeing this drama unfold from some distance, but given my history with Amarillo, Texas, it isn&#8217;t as far as many other communities on which commented regarding similar issues. A local lawyer, Jesse Quackenbush, wants to open a Mexican food restaurant called Big Beaners. It has, um, drawn considerable opposition within the community. Why? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=43307\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Racism takes many forms<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[9422,2744,3808],"class_list":["post-43307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news","category-local-news","tag-big-beaners","tag-latinos","tag-racism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43307"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43310,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43307\/revisions\/43310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}