What's on the Menu at Georgia Eatery? A Racist Slur, Again
We can鈥檛 vouch for the cuisine at the Georgia Peach Oyster Bar in Paulding County, Georgia, but owner Patrick Lanzo serves a heaping plate full of racist rhetoric. His most recent offering: 鈥淥bamas plan for healthcare: N----- rig it.鈥�
Lanzo recently the sign was a critique of current health reform plans, not a racist message. He showed off pictures of Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela on the walls of his restaurant, and a 2005 NAACP membership card as proof. Of course, there鈥檚 also a mannequin wearing a Klan robe in the eatery. And Lanzo has a history of racist ruminations. A few years ago, a sign outside his restaurant asked in response to the Michael Jackson pedophilia trial: 鈥淚s Michael Jackson not guilty because he is a n----- or money.鈥�
Other signs have included messages such as 鈥淒amn Yankees may have taken our n------ but not our guns鈥� and 鈥淎re most lawyers just a lower form of a n-----.鈥�
Lanzo has hosted annual music festivals of neo-Nazi skinheads. His restaurant鈥檚 website includes an image of a caricature of a robed Klansman urinating on Obama. Still, he denies being a racist. He told a reporter in 2005 that, if he鈥檚 a racist, then he鈥檚 a racist against everybody. Indeed, there is evidence that Lanzo is an equal opportunity bigot. Among the other signs he has displayed: 鈥淚mmigration reform, kiss my white ass, send all illegals home,鈥� and, 鈥淏ush, lets kick some sand n------ 补蝉蝉.鈥�
Not exactly food for thought.
