‘I am hurt’: N.S. man says he was racially profiled at Halifax bakery
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Fred-Lucas Wilson says he felt discounted after an encounter with staff at LF Bakery in Halifax. He believes he was treated rudely because he is Black.
Fred Lucas-Wilson has been going to LF Bakery on Gottingen Street in Halifax for years. During a recent visit, he says he was treated rudely by a staff member.
“I do not feel as a Nova Scotia Black, in the middle of downtown Gottingen street, that I need to be treated that way,” said Lucas-Wilson.
On April 29, Lucas-Wilson says he stopped by the bakery to pick up more than $50-worth of pastries for his friends that were visiting from out of town.
He says before he was given a chance to tell the manager how he wanted the freshly-baked chocolate and plain croissants bagged, she bagged all the croissants together and tossed them on the counter in front of him.
“Before I went to leave, I went over to who I didn’t know was the manager, and I said to her ‘am I being treated this way because I’m Black,’” said Lucas-Wilson. “I didn’t know what it was when I got home, I just didn’t feel right in my soul. And I said you know what, I am hurt.”
The owner of LF Bakery, Laurent Marcel, addressed the encounter in an email.
“There are people of colour in the company and there is no problem with racism. My wife works with LF and is from Africa,” said Marcel.
The owner apologized on behalf of the manager, and said she is “nervous by nature.”
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