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New Springville woman

says she was denied

service at nail salon

because she is black

By JOHN ANNESE

STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE

A New Springville woman

charges that an employee of a

Great Kills nail salon last night

refused to do her nails because

she is black.

Ironically, the incident occurred

on the birthday of slain

civil rights leader Dr. Martin

Luther King Jr.

The alleged victim, Eliza J.

Lincoln, 21, said last night she

was made to wait at the Hylan

Nail Inc. salon at 4014 Hylan

Blvd. for more than two hours,

then was refused service by

the male employee whom she

was waiting for.

After the employee serviced

other customers, she confronted

him, and he allegedly told

her, “Look around you, you

see your people here?”

Police from the 122nd

Precinct were called to the

scene to investigate.

Cops said they are not treating

the incident as a bias

crime, according to a police

spokesman.

“Basically, it’s a dispute between

one of the workers and

the customer,” Det. Eric

Crisafi, the police spokesman,

said. “He didn’t want to serve

her. We don’t know why he

didn’t want to serve her.”

A law enforcement source

said other customers in the

store backed Mrs. Lincoln’s

account. “I understand what

the cops said, there isn’t a

criminal bias,” Mrs. Lincoln

said, noting that the police

suggested she go to an agency

like the Better Business Bureau.

Mrs. Lincoln who said her

husband, Lorenzo, is serving

in Iraq, said she was “satisfied”

that the police had done

their job, but nonetheless,

plans to “take it as far as I

have to take it.” Mrs. Lincoln

said she would discuss the incident

with officials from the

NAACP.

Mrs. Lincoln said the worker

— an Asian man who customers

identified only as Eddie

— came recommended by

colleagues, but after he made

her wait, he told her he was

“really tired” and couldn’t do

the rest of the article I can't get but you understand what happened.

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he allegedly told

her, “Look around you, you

see your people here?”

LMAO...thas some funny junk. dude was bold about it huh?

reminds me of Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence in "Life" when that lady told them,... "these are whites only pie..." LOL... ppl r somethin else 4 real...

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