activism
The Challenge of the Black Brunch Movement
#BlackBrunchSeattle and #BlackBrunchTacoma have an important message. Is it getting heard?
Cheri Smith (not her real name), 34, was having brunch with her friends at Agrodolce in Fremont on March 22 when their meal was interrupted by a small group of protesters belonging to #BlackBrunchSeattle. “Everyone in the restaurant seemed kind of taken aback and uncomfortable,” she described, adding “the word privileged was being bandied about…