May I have your opinion? [View all]

[OneGrassRoot]

I'm hoping to soon start contacting organizations and businesses about joining the Coalition for Good and the No-Othering Zone Campaign. This project has been delayed a couple of years because of my health issues, but over this time the need for all of us -- including businesses -- to take a clear stand AGAINST racism and bigotry has only gotten more and more urgent. The latest "Send her back" BS has brought us to, imo, an undeniable place of picking sides:

You either see fellow humans as The Other, or you recognize that we all belong. It's Othering and Belonging...pick a side.

I had the Red Hen controversy (the VA restaurant that denied Sarah Sanders and family service) in mind, wondering what kind of sign businesses could display that would convey a sense of welcome for diverse people, yet turn off the racist bigots from wanting to go in. While, unlike the right-wingers who keep telling everyone to leave, I believe we all belong; HOWEVER, we have to set boundaries and thus people who embrace certain hateful, destructive worldviews and display them should not be welcome in all spaces. I tried to choose the words carefully to cover a lot of potential bases for first reactions.


Here's my question:

How would you react to this sign if you saw a business displaying it (online or brick and mortar)? Or, if you own a business, what are your thoughts?

Thanks in advance for your input!