Two words that would've resolved the whole issue
Roy Campanella.
Half black. Half sicilian. Played for Brooklyn.
Put him on the wall, problem solved.
"Crank up the Bieber!"
~Me.
No, it wouldn't have. The thug's request was not about black pride, it was about control. If Sal puts up pictures of black people, then they'll know he's a weak pushover; so the next week they'll come in demanding he do something else.
I graduated from the college of the streets, I gotta Phd in how to make ends meet.
I agreed with Sal on this also. It's an Italian establishment--his own business and he wants to put up pictures to reflect his pride in his own culture. If Buggin wants photos displayed of African Americans, he can find his own method of public display for that. Buggin's taking the issue personally is inappropriate and crossing a line. I mean, if I entered into a British owned establishment and found a similar wall of photos of famous British people, I wouldn't go on the attack and demand they post photos of Italians because I am Italian.
"Wait a minute. You know that scum? He licked my window!" --Amanda (Diagnosis Murder)
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Giancarlo Esposito, who played Buggin', is also of Italian and African American decent.
He could have had his own pic on the wall.