Just days after her viral encounter with comedian Conan O'Brien took the internet by storm, Brooklyn bar owner Debbie Shields is embracing her newfound fame. CBS News' Jared Ochacher visited her bar, Confessions Bar and spoke to her about her experience.
I manage a local daycare with a firm rule: pick-up is 6:00 PM, and late arrivals pay $2 a minute. One night at 6:45 PM, a young mother rushed in wearing hospital scrubs, looking completely worn out. Her fine came out to $90. Clutching her toddler, she apologized through tears and explained that severe understaffing forced her to stay for shift change. She accepted the fee, but begged me not to drop her child from the program.
Seeing how exhausted she was, I opened the billing system and cleared the $90 charge. Then I went to the kitchen, packed up three leftover plates of baked ziti, and handed her the warm food. "According to the system, you got here at 5:59," I said with a wink. "Take this home so you don't have to cook tonight." Rules keep things in order, but empathy keeps us human.
#RacismTest: An Israeli activist conducted a social experiment to test racism toward Black Jews in Israeli society.
A Black Jewish girl was left standing alone outside a shopping mall to see whether anyone would stop to help. She was later replaced by a white Jewish girl under the same circumstances.
The result speaks for itself.