Liberal reporter triggered by old photo of coal miners covered in soot

Then a photograph caught my attention.

Friends said, “It’s coal miners at a pub after work.” It was a photograph of coal miners with blackened faces. I asked a Latinx and white woman for their opinion. They said it looked like coal miners at a pub after work. Then they stepped back, frowned and said it’s men in blackface.

I asked the waitress to speak with a manager. Instead, I spoke with a white restaurant owner. I explained to him why the photograph was offensive. Evidently, someone else had made a similar comment about the photograph before.

Yet, the photograph remained on the wall. He said he would talk to the other owners and get back to me. While leaving, I asked him had he spoke with the other owners. He had not spoken with them, but mentioned Google said it's coal miners after work.

In art, everyone sees something different
Who determines what's offensive?

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This is about as insane as it gets. Yet this seems to be the new norm in todays world,

The guys in that photo worked harder than most everyone today and this pansy has a problem with them getting a hard earned beer at the end of the day.

That manager played this all wrong. You don’t give an inch to these snowflakes. You tell him it’s coal miners, not blackface, and if he doesn’t like it he can go fuck himself.