The Breakfast Club - Workers Walk Out Of Restaurant Serving Drinks Named 'Negro' & 'Caucasian'

Episode Date: March 15, 2023

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Call 800-585-1051 to join in to the discussion with The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got our guest co-host, Miss Pat. She's joining us this morning. Now, if you're just joining us, we're talking about this restaurant in Pennsylvania. Some of the employees walked out because they thought the names of the drinks

were disrespectful, all right? So one of the names were Caucasian, which is a white Russian, and they were going to call a drink a Negro. Now, we don't know what the Negro drink is. We don't know what's in it. I have no clue. But the employees walked out.

So we're asking, what would you have done in that situation, Ms. Pat? Ask what was in the Negro. All right, so let's say it was, I don't know, dark liquor and with a little watermelon on it well i don't know shut up y'all just making up stuff i don't know why black people scared of watermelon white people eat watermelon too watermelon is a symbol of freedom i mean but it's good so i'll take a drink with a watermelon if it's pretty good and it's got the right it's got top shelf because i don't drink a

lot so so you wouldn't be mad at the negro? I mean, it's a restaurant with drinks names. Come on. This world is too damn sensitive. No, I'm not mad. You ain't calling me no Negro. No. Okay. Charlemagne?

I'm with Ms. Pat. My sensitivity meter is not set to 10, so I'm not the person to ask about this. But the answer to me is I probably wouldn't quit. Like, Negro is the word used to describe... It's on your birth certificate. I don't know if it's on your birth certificate. Yes, it's on my birth certificate. I was born in 72. Look at your race. Mine say black

boy male. No, it don't. It say Negro. No. What year was you born, Charlemagne? 1978. Oh, you a little bit after me. They had changed. I'm 72, Negro. Mine says black African American, I thought. No, Negro. What year was you born? Mine says black. Same years around, Charlemagne? Yeah, well, see, I'm 50. I'm a little older than I thought. No, Negro. What year was you born? Mine says black. Same years around Charlemagne?

Yeah, well, see, I'm 50. I'm a little older than you guys. Mine say Negro. My granddaddy said the ER. And those aren't slurs, though. Like, Negro is the word used to describe black people of black African heritage. Caucasian is white-skinned of European origin, fresh out the Caucasus Mountains. So I don't see what he officially is.

Now, if they would have said the er drink i will bag up if it's a nigga juice and cracker punch um nigga punch cracker punch that's different you know what i mean not if you mix it together because it came to become a biracial thing and it'd be better call it the obama then by the way they have those they have you can go to restaurants and order the obama i'm not i don't think i i don't i don't think i like the negro drink why not because i just feel funny like you got white people at the bar give me. Why not? Because I just feel funny. You got white people at the bar. Give me three Negroes.

It just feel funny. I can see that. They ain't going to holler at that. Three Negroes on rocks. They going to be like, three Negroes. They not going to holler at it. You got any Negroes today? It just feels so funny.

But Negro is not on the same level as the N-word. Negro has never been a slur. I don't know. It just don't feel right to me. If it was called the colored, you know what I'm saying? That's different. Or the coon. So how would you feel

if a black person at the bar said, I'll take four of them crackers and some crackers to eat at the bar? That's a good one. If it was called

the Caucasian and the darkies, you know what I'm saying? I don't know. Caucasian and the spooks. You know what I mean? That's different. But Negro,

that don't really bother me like that. I don't know. I get what you're saying, though. I get how you can hear some white people saying that and be like, what the hell are they saying? But they're in a place where, you know, it's drinks. Yeah. The world is too damn sensitive, okay? My problem is, do you got the money for the Negro?

And what state is this? Pennsylvania. Okay, let me ask you a question. There's restaurants here in New York. I won't say their names because we love these establishments, but they have meals called the Obama. Even in Atlanta, they got meals called the Obama, and it's like chicken and waffles,

even though chicken is also a symbol of freedom. But is that a fin y'all? I just don't, I don't know. The Negroes just sound, I don't know. Let me get the Obama. It just sounds cool. And the Obama is dark meat and white meat to represent his biracialness. Shante, good morning, man.

Good morning. Good morning. Oh, you're not Shante. What's your name, bro? How do you know his name is Shante? 2023. You better cut it out of me. You're right.

You're right. What's your name? My name's Joe. Okay, Joe. What's your thoughts, Joe? I'm doing all right. I listen to you guys every morning. Thank you, sir.

Thank you. What's your day? Yeah, you guys literally break my day every morning. But, yeah, no, about this topic, you guys every morning. Thank you, sir. Thank you. What you tell? Yeah, you guys literally brighten my day every morning. But yeah, no, about this topic you guys are talking about, about this drink.

Yes, the Negro and the Caucasian drink. Does this offend you? You know, I'm Puerto Rican and Italian, and it's 2023. We should all, you know, basically look at it

and it shouldn't be a racial thing no more. I'm going to be honest with you. You have no say in this conversation, sir. it's 2023. We should all, you know, basically look at it as it shouldn't be a racial thing no more. I'm going to be honest with you, you have no say in this conversation. I was thinking that. It's called Negro Incarnation. I don't want to hear from a Puerto Rican in this alley. Where would the Puerto Rican drink be going? I don't know. Hello, who's this? This is Shauna. Hey, Shauna, good morning.

Good morning. Hey, so we're asking, you know, the Negro drink. Do you have a problem with that? First of all, I want to know, is the other black or white? I think he's white. Yeah, I have a problem with that. But they have a Caucasian drink, too. They have a Caucasian drink, too, but, you know,

sure, I'm a little from the A432, so you know how we feel about those type of situations. Absolutely. That's not cool at all. I mean, what about the restaurants where you go in and they pay the waitress to be rude to you? Yeah, it's a restaurant where they cuss you out.

It's a bitch restaurant. Yeah, so it's no different. People, you know what you're getting when you go to this establishment. So if they walk in, they call you a B or whatever, you pay for that. Then they got a restaurant you go in there, all the lights are cut off. So it's what

if you walk into that. That's that restaurant Diplo went at. He ain't know where Diplo went. That's what you're talking about, Miss Pat. Diplo. That's the one earlier call. He said he doesn't know if a man gives him oral, it's not gay. Oh, yeah. Yeah, him. They don't look down.

People pay for that rudeness. Yeah, but I don't look down so you know people pay for that rudeness yeah but i don't know about the negro thing call us up right now what do you think 800-585-1051 there's a bar a restaurant i should say out in pennsylvania that is naming a couple of drinks one is called caucasian and the other one is called the negro now the employees walked out how do you feel about it? It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. I ain't no way, man. I don't ain't playing. I don't ain't playing. I don't ain't playing. I don't ain't playing.

They clean on you. You hear what they say? Call me. Send your opinion to the Breakfast Club top. Come on. 800-585-1051. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are the Breakfast Club. We have Miss Pat here. She's our guest host. And we're asking there's a restaurant out in Pennsylvania that is naming two drinks, Caucasian and Negro. Now the employees are pissed off. They're walking out.

We're asking, what are your thoughts? Hello, who's this? Oh, hey, this is TJ. Hey, TJ. Good morning. What would you do in that situation, TJ? What's your thoughts? I could walk out. I would have been walked out. I believe we have, and I'm biracial. My mother's Hispanic. My father's black. But we have to walk out. I would have been walked out. I believe we have to, and I'm biracial. My mother's Hispanic. My father's black.

But we have to stand up. That is just, it's wrong. It's completely wrong. They're disrespecting us, and it's not tolerable. Can you tell me what's wrong? We don't even need to spend our money in there. I just want to know, what's offensive about Caucasian and Negro? I didn't know those were slurs all of a sudden.

I don't want no one to address me like that. You know, Negro. But it's on my birth certificate and I was born in 72 and I'm not, nobody's calling nobody a Negro. It's the name of a drink. And we was just saying there's restaurants out there that be rude to you. They have different names.

I mean, I went to a restaurant in Houston and they had the Obama meal at the breakfast house, at the breakfast club, the restaurant there. So white people walk in and say, I don't want a meal called a breakfast Obama. I just want chicken and waffle, whatever grits and eggs. Yeah. I just think we're too sensitive as people. I mean, it's a bar.

And the word Negro, I mean, we don't use it in our everyday vernacular now, but back in the 60s, they used to use it all the time. You go listen to all the old MLK Jr. speeches. That's how he was referring to black people like the Negro in the Constitution, the Negro in the American dream. The Negro is part of, you know, a huge community who seek new freedom in every area of life. These are MLK Jr.'s words. And this was before we became black people. I don't know. Hello, who's this?

I don't know. Hello? Yo's this? I don't know. Hello? Yo. Hey, y'all. Hey, the guys. DJ Kemp. Can y'all hear me? Yeah, we can hear you now.

What's your thought, brother? Good morning. Man, me personally, man, we would have been fighting up in that motherfucking Jordan. I'm so confused, man. I'm not saying that y'all wrong. I don't know when Negro became a slur. It's not the word Negro. It's just the fact and the principle that he can do that,

and the black person's going to be okay with that. Would you be okay with that? Well, there's a negro drink and there's a Caucasian drink. If it was just a negro drink and we were singled out, I would probably be like, what is up with this? But being that there was a Caucasian drink. Look, white or black, if I'm a white person, I'm going to be, you know what I'm saying, offended as well. So it plays on both sides.

Why would you be offended about an actual word? Like Caucasian means white skinned people of European origin. And they're known for making these types of names for their drinks. I wouldn't have been offended. Now, I would have been offended if the black, if the Negro only had gin in it and the Caucasian had better alcohol. Then I would want to fight. Amber, good morning.

Good morning. How you feeling? I'm great. How are you guys doing today? Good. How are you, Amber? Hey, Amber. What do you think about the Negro and Caucasian drink? I think first off, we have to understand that these people chose not to do this during Black History Month, first of all.

Second of all, I feel like... It ain't Black History Month no more. You said your first? It's March. I know. I'm saying they didn't do this during Black History Month. Oh, got you, got you, got you, got you. It's called the D Broderick.

Got you. They have enough sense not to do that. Mm-hmm. But also, you know, these days, everything is about going viral and getting that attention. I feel like they just did that to, you know get that certain notoriety but didn't take into consideration you know their employees or how anyone else would take it i feel like this is the world you know that we live in these days true all right well thank you mama hey i just i just googled caucasian cocktail well actually i googled cauc, I Googled Caucasian drink.

And when you Google it, it's a recipe, the Caucasian cocktail recipe. There's a bunch of them. There's another drink called the Dude's Caucasian. What's the Negro? Did you Google the Negro drink? I didn't Google the Negro, but the Caucasian drink is you fill a glass full of ice, pour in two shots of vodka and three shots of Kool-Aid, top off with milk. Oh, my God. It's lactose intolerant. It's got to stay white. Now, go and do the Negro drink. pour in two shots of vodka and three shots of koola top off with milk oh my god

now go and do the negro drink that's called the caucasian cocktail it's kalua it's kalua not koola what i said i don't know what you said kool-aid negro drink they have one called the negroni but it's not negro no i don't even know what a negroni is and let's see why it's called a negroni it's called a negroni it's not Negro. No. I don't even know what a Negroni is. Let me see why it's called a Negroni. It's called a Negroni. It's borrowed from Italians named after a count named Camillo Negroni who asked for its creation. And it's made out of gin,

sweet vermouth, and Campari. I don't know what that is. What's the moral of the story? The moral of the story is I don't know when Negro and Caucasian became slurred. But I mean, if y'all want to be mad, y'all can be mad. I don't like the Negro thing. It'd be four Negroes on rocks. Nah is i don't know when negro and caucasian became slurred but i mean if y'all want to be mad y'all can be mad i don't like the negro drink it before negroes or rocks now i don't like that i mean if a person if i'm in there and i see it on the menu and that's

something that they do every week that's the that's what the restaurant do i wouldn't get mad it's the same way you go to the rude restaurant i personally probably wouldn't go there but i'm not gonna get mad because that's that's their theme this month. Okay. Some people like themes and they go get it. That's right. Hey. All right.

Well, when we come back, we got your rumor report. We'll tell you who just had a baby and who's in a new relationship. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God. We're brothers. We're happy and we're singing and we're brothers.

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on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about.

It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory.

Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. same as Melrose Place was introduced to the world. We are going to be reliving every hookup, every scandal, and every single wig removal together. So listen to Still the Place on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese investigative journalist who on October 16th, 2017, was assassinated. Crooks Everywhere unearthed the plot to murder a one-woman WikiLeaks. She exposed the culture of crime and corruption that were turning her beloved country into a mafia state. Listen to Crooks Everywhere on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.