Apparently. Sheesh.
I blame myself.
The businesses themselves find nothing surprising about characterizing their customers according to whether they are rich/poor, black/white, male/female, etc. I suspect that any large chain store/restaurant/etc. has done extensive surveys of their customers and knows all of these facts and many more about the people who buy their products. A large part of the art of marketing is knowing the composition and habits of your customers with great precision. They do surveys every time they make significant shifts in the products they sell or the presentation of those products so that they can tell whether this change will bring them greater sales.
I can concur with the observation of the OP. There’s two Red Lobster’s within a 15 minute drive of us, in opposite directions and there’s a large black following that is not indicative of the local population. We dont’ go there much because a) The service is usually poor and b) there’s a long wait and since we have a child we can’t wait.
but I do love their cheddar biscuits. Those more than make up for any deficiencies in the meal.
But logic and racism don’t go hand-in-hand. Trying to use one to understand the other is an exercise in futilty.
Around the southeast Pennsylvania area its referred to as black lobster. I have 2 in my area and have. Never witnessed a white person there. I wont go there. I went years ago the staff was all black and they took care of their own. My wife and I were made to feel we weren’t welcome. I like sea food and started to drive a distance to Joe’s crab shack and last time I was there it was all black as well. But very friendly atmosphere.
Can zombies be racist or will any brain do?
Inside the skull, we’re all the same color.
You guys are all missing the point.
Where I grew up was mostly white. All we had was KFC. And that shit is terrible.
Then I moved to an area with somewhat more black people. Popeye’s was like a revelation - “Hey, fried chicken can be good!”
Even later, I spent weeks in the south. A black co-worker took me to Bojangles. And I wept tears of joy.
This is the platonic fried chicken!
I’d make an obvious joke, but I believe it would be bad form to call someone a chicken-fucker outside the Pit. 
…by the way, I’ve a seafood allergy so don’t have any crustaceans in this fight. But I’ve wondered how Red Lobster can survive in any coastal towns. Are there any in Maine? I guess it’s the same magic that helps Dominos to survive in New York City.
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