Authentic food

We went out for dinner last night with Mac's mom. I don't often eat out - it's expensive and I can generally cook better at home - but the food was good and the service was excellent.

However, I came away feeling a little uneasy. All of the customers where white; all the people working there were brown (I say "people" but I should say "men" as they didn't seem to have any women employees).

I wasn't aware of this before but in the UK "ethnic" restaurants are exempt from racial discrimination laws because the staff need to fit a specific racial profile in order to ensure "authenticity".

What a strange idea!

Update
Looking at these images I have to wonder whether there's also some kind of exemption for Diversity Officers.