Miami’s ethnic brew can get tense
BY JOY-ANN REID
JOYANNREID@GMAIL.COM
I was at Bayside for a taping at a local production company. With some time on my hands, I decided to head to one of the stands that sells Cuban coffee.
I stood for what seemed like an eternity, while the two women operating the stand chatted with other customers, glancing past me, over my head and seemingly in any direction but mine. I was tempted to walk away. If you’ve been black long enough, you learn to detect the subtle signals of prejudice. But I know enough Spanish that I decided to make a point. I asked one of the women, in Spanish, if she didn’t want my money. She seemed taken aback, but briskly got my coffee.
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