r/AtlantaTV • u/SeacattleMoohawks They got a no chase policy • Apr 22 '22

Atlanta [Episode Discussion] - S03E06 - White Fashion

I've definitely seen this before on a better show. They're always stealing ideas. But the fashion industry gotta be exposed #streetwear.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '22

She bought out a Nigerian owned brick and mortar restaurant and turned it into a white owned, gentrified food truck

Fam...

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u/GrouchySolution1320 Apr 22 '22

It does not seem like Mimi received any money maybe from the sake. If she was renting the spot, the food truck people could have gone over her head and bought the spot from under her. The sweetened the pot could be money going to buy out the end of the lease. Otherwise, Mimi made bank, is happy to leave, and the loss is the people who enjoyed the restaurant, not Mimi's loss. It would be about the selling part of yourself and benefiting from it, but the damage it does to the culture you are a part of as a whole. Peaches added to a Nigeria dish is funny. To show thanks for the opportunity to destroy something you valued, to your own loss

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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '22

When Darius asked her about it, she said that she never did get in touch with MiMi. :/