Conservative Satirist Makes A Joke About Portland Reintroducing Segregation, Makes 'Segregation' Trend On Twitter

July 27th, 2022 - 4:11 PM EDT by Adam Downer

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Segregation parody tweet from Jeff Charles.

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."


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."


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.


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."


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.


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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