Austin “Whites Only” Sticker Turn Out to Have Been Put Up By Social Justice Warrior
Recently, the following sticker appeared on several Austin businesses during the popular South by Southwest festival:
A Texas state representative shared the photo from one shop on her Facebook page and threatened to put the shop “out of business”:
Some jokes just are not funny. If this is a joke at all, it is tasteless. Pardon mon française mais, I will be damned if this will occur in my House Disrtict, disrtict 46 on my watch on 12th St. in this historical Black Community or any community. This morning, I have been in communication with the City Managers office, APD, PIO, et. al. This is NOT sponsored by the City of Austin and ACM Anthony Snipes is on top of it, all over it. Until then, refrain from supporting Unique Trends until “some explaining” is done. If the explanation is unbelievable …. They need to be put out of business, ASAP!
To regular observers of such stories, what happened next will come as little surprise. The person who put the stickers on the businesses turned out to be . . . a social justice warrior:
Now, a criminal defense attorney, Adam Reposa, is claiming he is responsible for the stickers.
In a YouTube video, a shirtless Reposa appears to be explaining why he placed the stickers on the windows of stores in front of one of the stores he vandalized. In the video, Reposa says the reason why he put the stickers in the store is “pretty clear”: “this area of town is turning into whites only.”
Reposa also reveals that he is upset that people focused on the use of the word “colored” rather than the message of his stickers.
These businesses had their names spread all over the Internet as being potentially racist. I hope they are considering a lawsuit against the lawyer, at a minimum. And Rep. Dukes owes the businesses an apology.
When I checked her Facebook page this morning, I could find no such apology.