Black barista Nilson Dos Santos finds work after being refused job at Darlinghurst cafe

By Michael Koziol
Updated August 30 2014 - 12:04am, first published August 29 2014 - 10:47am
All-comers welcome: Nilson Dos Santos at Coco Cubana, where he has found full-time work. Photo: Nick Moir
All-comers welcome: Nilson Dos Santos at Coco Cubana, where he has found full-time work. Photo: Nick Moir
Lights out: the Forbes & Burton cafe, where Mr Dos Santos was refused work, has closed. Photo: Thomas Poberezny-Lynch
Lights out: the Forbes & Burton cafe, where Mr Dos Santos was refused work, has closed. Photo: Thomas Poberezny-Lynch
Closed for business: Inside the Forbes & Burton Cafe on Thursday. Photo: Michael Koziol
Closed for business: Inside the Forbes & Burton Cafe on Thursday. Photo: Michael Koziol

It's an outcome that might be called karma. The cafe owner who refused to employ a black man has closed his business; the man he wouldn't hire has found full-time work.

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