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I remember that dude that took his wife out to Ruth's Chris for Valentine's Day or something like that, and he was complaining that he saw people in there like sagging their pants and all that kind of stuff. Yeah, that was me.
So, it turns out not only did Roots Chris see that video, they liked that video. Not only did they like that video, they just came out with a statement saying they're about to reinforce a dress code policy in their restaurants.
All right, so this article is from the New York Post. It was just published yesterday, the 13th. Today's the 14th. Right. Title is Ruth's Chris steakhouse owners crack down on diners dress code. And y'all can read the rest of the article. Y'all look it up. But basically, they cracking down on a whole lot of stuff. Hey, shout out to Roots Chris! This cool. This is cool.
Now, may maybe this is a coincidence. Maybe they never saw my videos. Maybe this was already coming on, coming down the pipeline. But I, I come on. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, it's not a, it ain't no coincidence. It's not no coincidence.
Over this last weekend, Valentine's Day weekend, my wife and I, we was at Ruth Chris, right? We went to Ruth Chris. That was our first time. And I did a video on it, and like, we were just like grateful to be there because last year around this time we couldn't afford to be there. We couldn't afford much of anything. So, you know, we just did a video. Like, I was just so grateful, right?
But there's one thing that I do have to talk about. I don't know what it is with us. And I, and I hope you understand what I mean when I say 'us.' I don't know what it is with us. Like, we feel like we have to bring this like street energy everywhere we go. Like, why am I sitting down with my wife at Ruth Chris, cutting into this nice ribeye, and I see dudes walking by with their pants sagging, with they jeans sagging, with these bubble coats, with their hoods on?
So, I'd like to say that I helped blow that video up and give it a lot of visibility by doing a reaction to it, driving traffic back, but that's neither here nor there. The point is, is I wanted to show you the video that he just dropped. That was the one previously. And then this was the original video. So, for those of y'all that didn't see the original, I wanted to remind y'all. Of course, I'm going to put the link down in the description back to his profile so you can go and follow him if you want to. But basically, he set off a huge discussion, and which obviously I reacted to also. He set off a huge discussion about whether or not black people or the culture (let's not even say black people; I have to train myself differently because black people are not a monolith, and there are some really, really great ones, a lot of them), uh, black culture, uh, chose violence.
So many people actually reacted to this and said, "Listen, Ruth Chris is not fine dining. I don't care how much money it costs. We have ghettoied it and we have made it horrible for people to patronize." And I just was so amazed and appalled at so many people because I don't even think that just because it is required for you to carry yourself appropriately in certain environments like Aruth Chris. Uh, and there's several different restaurants, obviously, that we can name, but we not because we're not trying to, you know, bring visibility to everybody. But the point is, is even if you're going to a regular restaurant, I think you should carry yourself and dress appropriately. It doesn't matter, right? You, you should try to do your best. I'm not saying you got to put on a sport coat to go to Applebee's, but you should try to do your best no matter where you go.
So when he brought this up, I don't know why I had these crazy expectations that everybody was just going to be like, "You know what, we do need to do better. We do need to do things correctly." I was wrong. I could not have been any more wrong than I was when I then found out that everybody was appalled at him saying that people needed to carry themselves a certain way when they go into Ruth Chris.
Well, to my surprise, and I'd like to think that I had something to do with the visibility of this also, Ruth Chris coincidentally said, "You know what? We do need to enforce a dress code. We do need to make sure that we don't go to the bottom of the barrel in our reputation because we're trying to appease and play the game of 'I don't want to offend the culture, diversity, equity, and inclusion.'" making sure that we are really fighting the power so that we can get the American dollar. You know, you don't want to boycott. Like, you don't want, you just don't want that negative visibility. You know, you seen Jamal Bryant taking credit for the boycott of Target and stuff, and that wasn't even him that started it, but neither here nor there.
The point that I'm making is that he does deserve credit. And this is one of the things: this is the power of social media in a positive way, because social media is used, I would say, maybe 90% for negative, 10% for positive. This is how you leverage it for positivity, because I do think that you should carry yourself. And, you know, I even, I even did a reaction video to a server, a woman that was a former server, saying, "Well, it's the dope boys and this that spend the most money. How ghetto and how ratchet and how crazy that we continue to support such foolishness."
>> Light.
>> If you're a black American, I need you to stay right here. If you're not, I'll give you a few seconds so you can go on and scroll on by.
>> Great. Okay, we need to have a talk. You know, it comes to a point where supporting and defending your community just is, it, it becomes so exhausting that you feel this frustration, and you start to understand why people have the 'black fatigue' that they talk about.
The Houston rodeo, a family event. You have people there fighting, stealing, acting like menace to society, lawlessness at an event that's supposed to be a fun familyoriented event. You have ROF Chris now saying, "Hey, we don't want to do this, but you guys are forcing our hand. We're going to have to enforce a dress code policy because how you guys are coming in here with your pants sagging, looking sloppy, all of these things, we just cannot allow." So then you sit back and you wonder why other racists will say, "We have black fatigue."
>> Guess what? I'm black, and I have 'black fatigue.' I am tired of the wrong type of people in our community. Because let me preface this: This is not all black people. This is not. You have people over here making life miserable.
>> Facts.
for other fellow Americans because you have no manners. You have no standards. You have no morals. I don't care how you were brought up. If you were raised in the hood, if you were racing in a sub, I don't care. Having character and manners will always take you far.
>> Facts.
>> So, no.
>> Agreed.
I don't blame people when they say, "No, we don't want your kind over here. I'm hesitant." I don't blame them. I do not, because if anything, what it shows is that you cannot call a pattern of facts racism and stereotype.
>> Stereotypes all come from somewhere.
>> Truth.
>> They come from somewhere.
>> What a concept.
>> They come from somewhere.
You know, I'm glad that Ruth Chris is standing up for itself. Now, I know that there's going to be some people that are offended at the idea that Ruth Chris actually wants to enforce a dress code, because today, in this day and age, everybody should just be able to do whatever they want as long as they're spending money and not tipping. Not tipping, which we ain't even going to talk about 'tipping culture.'
First thing I'm trying to figure out is: where y'all getting all of this money from? Where y'all out here in Roof C? I ain't got it. I ain't got it. Don't ask me for nothing. I am tapped out, and uh, I'mma go ahead and eat at home instead of going into Ruth Chris and trying to fight with people that got on bubble cults and Tims at these type of places, and that's the way that they want to dine.
And I'm going to be honest with you, most restaurants don't trip about it. Like, you know, they don't make a big deal if it happens here or there, or whatever, or somebody comes in, and as long as they got their shirt buttoned up, they should be fine. You know, they don't make too big of a deal about it. But when it starts to get out of hand, and it becomes a cultural norm, and they trying to turn Ruth Chris into Wendy's, then that's when they have to start saying something, because they don't want the quality of their restaurant to just absolutely, positively go into the toilet. And I do not blame them. They shouldn't have to deal with the foolishness. And all you should have to do, really, ideally, you should just have to be able to establish what your cultural norms are. You know, say, "Hey, this is what the dress code policy is. You shouldn't have to go and try to enforce it."
But I don't think that this conversation is over, because I think that people are going to revote. And I know who the people are that are going to revote. It is going to be so hilarious. But I'm going to stay on top of it like I always am. Make sure you guys tap into the Patreon. Link is in the description. Tanley: 40% off your first order, 20% off of life. I love you. I appreciate you. Dress appropriately.