In what is almost never the first sentence of a good story, "segregation" trended on Twitter today. Twitter user and conservative satirist Jeff Charles brought antiquated 1900s policy that enforced "separate but equal" facilities for white and Black people to the front page of Twitter after posting a joke that a Portland, Oregon restaurant, in an apparent uber-woke move, had created separate sections for Black and white diners to "ease the trauma of living in this racist society."
BREAKING: Portland restaurant comes up with innovative new idea to promote racial equity: Creating separate sections for black and white diners.
"We want to provide a safe space for our diners of color to ease the trauma of living in this racist society," the owner said.β Jeff Charles (@JeffOnTheRight) July 27, 2022
Because Charles' joke was a lie told on the internet, several people fell for it and voiced their incredulity that the political left had revived a shameful policy in the name of "wokeness."
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racist https://t.co/ZGbpnKklKfβ AvaArmstrong, πΊπΈUltra Author (@MsAvaArmstrong) July 27, 2022
The wokites made segregation again. https://t.co/yWtVnF08QS
β Weaponized Nerd Rage (@WeaponizedRage) July 27, 2022
They used to call that separate but equal. https://t.co/TqUDPRmux9
β Law and Order (@TrumpIsBack7) July 27, 2022
To be clear, there is no restaurant in Portland implementing this policy and Charles made clear he had made the story up in a subsequent tweet.
Yes we can, sis.
β Jeff Charles (@JeffOnTheRight) July 27, 2022
Still, the story was taken as fact by dozens of commenters ready to believe a left-wing business owner had inadvertently revived segregation as a means to solve racism. Many called the fictitious business owners extremely stupid while saying cliches like "you can't make this up."
The comedy the "progressive left", not the normal liberals, writes itself. These left wing extreme ideas are coming from people who if I were a betting man would fall under the category of having mental retardation. https://t.co/qhYQiwl3HG
β "Double G" Glenn Gilbertti (@TheRealDisco) July 27, 2022
While those on the political right were voicing their shock that the left was reintroducing segregation based on a made-up tweet, many on the left were discussing the reintroduction of "segregation" based on recent political movements by the right.
For example, some Republicans in congress recently voted against enshrining same-sex marriage in the constitution, and some have compared that to the segregation policies of the early 1900s. Others have called Republican pushes to shut down public schools in favor of private schools reminiscent of segregation.
1) Just dropping a reminder that private Christian schools in the south allowed school segregation to go on for 22 years after it was abolished in public schools. The big push for private schools led by today's republican officials is deeply rooted in racism & segregation. β¬οΈ
β Deano J (@DeanoJ14) July 27, 2022
Furthermore, a recent poll conducted by Morning Consult and Politico found that 25 percent of Republicans do not support an interracial couple's right to marry. The question is now a hot topic after SCOTUS overturned Roe vs. Wade, leading Democrats to hustle towards legislation defending all marriages, including homosexual and interracial ones.
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