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Reflective Essay: The Correlation Between The Hostess And African Americans
We approach the hostess an African American 5'9 female wearing a ponytail hair style. She did not greet us, we ask her did she have a booth that we could be seated at and she said, 'yes" and took us to a back corner booth that we preferred. The restaurant was busy and I prefer booth sitting and the restaurant had one available even with the volume of business the restaurant had. The hostess seat us at the table with our menus and said, "a waiter would be over to assist

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