Shortly after Bake Me Happy closed Sunday amid racial threats of violence, the community covered the business in love.
Customers taped colorful paper hearts with messages including “we’ve got your back” and “you are loved” to the Merion Village gluten-free bakery’s door and window.
When the business reopened early Tuesday morning, people continued the support by placing a steady stream of orders.
Erin Satterwhite, a first-time customer, emerged from the building with a bag of oatmeal cookies, zebra cakes and more.
“I was extremely outraged,” said the 28-year-old PhD student from Ohio State. “To see a well-respected business being targeted, it’s just absolutely ridiculous. … So, this is just me doing something small, and I’ll continue to share on Facebook to let people know what’s going on.”
Bake Me Happy, the gluten-free bakery in Merion Village, closed its doors Sunday after receiving threats and racist slurs from a caller over the phone.
A Black-owned bakery in Columbus, Ohio, says its received several racially motivated threats that forced the owners to close the shop over the weekend.
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