Yesterday evening, in a moment that still has me reeling 24 hours after it occurred, my two-year-old son and I were denied service at a sushi restaurant because I did not have my “vaccination” papers. After taking my son site seeing in Manhattan, inspired by the memory of my father taking me on a tour of the Big City forty years ago, I decided to have my own father and son moment as I took my firstborn son to downtown NYC.
We walked all around 42nd Avenue, I wanted to stop by the AIPAC office to drop off a message of peace and unity after I realized that condemning all Zionists was a form of collective judgment that I abhor. No one was available at the AIPAC office so my son and I did some additional site seeing. Yohannes, being the social [deleted] that he is, made countless people smile as he did Ethiopian dance and waved at everyone that passed by. Even the most detached New Yorker was brought to a smile the minute they made eye contact with my little one.
After we did enough walking, on our way to the car I saw a sushi restaurant. I love sushi and Yohannes loves avocado rolls so we made a pit stop to grab a quick bite. The minute we walked in, the host asked for proof of “vaccination” and I told her I don’t have one. She told me that I could not enter the establishment even though I had my son with me. I cannot tell you how dehumanizing it was to experience discrimination I thought we overcame a generation ago. The day before I was denied service at three other establishments—including an Ethiopian restaurant—because I did not have “vaccination” papers on me. As painful as that was, it paled in comparison to being told to leave like we were unwelcomed dogs as I was carrying my son....continued...
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