I’m not saying that the owner of the business is racist but perhaps he should make the time to respond to customer complaints to assure non-white customers that he isn’t a complete bigot. I witnessed the whole event – you were walking all around the store until that non-white couple wanted to speak with you – then you were all of a sudden “too busy”. You give real Buddhists a bad name. I think the saying goes “The customer is always right” not “the customer is always white”. Jackass.
This article appears in Jul 31 – Aug 6, 2008.