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Hospitality industry? Our society has stopped respecting elders

Tourists stroll along a sandy beach in Diani, Kwale County. While we may not build respect and anti-discriminatory practice overnight, the hospitality industry can lead the way because it must. PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI | NMG

By  ALICE WAIRIMU NDERITU

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I have been dodging friendly fire from friends in the hospitality industry over the piece I wrote titled, “If you’re black, stand back: Discrimination and hospitality.”

One friend, a restaurant manager, insists on blaming the system producing discriminatory people rather than individual discriminators.

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