Posted on 09/24/2020 10:24:00 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
The first day Ma’Kiya Congious wore her Black Lives Matter mask to work, no one seemed to bat an eye. In fact, several customers at the Whataburger location in Fort Worth complimented her on the face covering, which is also emblazoned with a fist.
But when the Black 19-year-old returned to work the following Monday, a White customer threatened to call the hamburger chain’s corporate office over the mask, prompting a chain of events that led Congious’s managers to fire her and call the police on their own employee.
As Whataburger insists it did nothing wrong, the former cashier filed a discrimination complaint Wednesday with Texas state officials, alleging she was let go specifically because of her race and the message on her mask.
“It’s not a political thing,” Congious said at a news conference Wednesday. “It’s just a statement that says ‘Black Lives Matter’ because we do matter.”
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“If we allow any non-Whataburger slogans as part of our uniforms, we have to allow all slogans,” the company said in a statement to KDFW on Wednesday. “This could create tension and conflict among our employees and our customers. It is our job as a responsible brand to proactively keep our employees and customers safe."
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You also hear the complaints that a resume with applicant's names like that are least likely to be read -- well the solution is simple -- don't give your kids crazy names.
‘The rest of the family was named Ma’Hundai, D’Subaru, D’Chevy, Ma’Honda amd D’Uptownbus.’
ha ha ha...
Unless you're a professional sportsman, an enemediot, a Hollyweirdo...
I read the snip above, and didnt need to read any more. your first comment confirmed my thoughts. So let’s now ask, was it because of the mask she was fired, or was it her behavior after whitey confronted her??
I’m not fond of them either, but I do know that in a lot of the black culture, unique names are highly prized. And among some of the more “out there” blacks, “regular” names represent white culture. I’d have to say, people have a right to name their kids what they like, goofy to us or not. Personally, I chose my children’s names more for their meanings, than anything else.
her lawyer has posted on one of my texas lawyer facebook groups that she was “pushed out” of her job. He is known as a far left advocate.
Max Kiya : extra big Ki(y)a car?
I was informed just last week on FR that someone (from Chiraq) did a takeover of Whataburger, and that it is real cr@ppy now :(
Man, I miss Whataburger... been 22 years since I’ve been there :P
If a snowflake is a black person, is that soot?
If a snowflake is a black person, is that soot?
Yeah, me too! Whites! Indians! Blax!
That is a heck of a pushup bra!
I’m surprised a fast food worker couldn’t follow the rules or thought the rules didn’t apply to her. Totally shocked.
Let’s see how long a Whataburger employee lasts who wears a Trump mask.
I worked in the bush in eastern Africa on a mine project for two years, and NOBODY had names like our nutters...where do they find these stupid names?
Heck, all the guys I worked with had names like, George, Robert, William, and the women had names like Susan, Mary, Betty...do our nutters think this is more, "African"??
Every where you go, you see signs with stylized footprints on them, indicating where you're supposed to put your feet. Same thing with handprints, indicating 'push here'. And this character wears something over her mouth, with a 'fist' on it?
If it was me, I'd have one of those circles-with-slash over the 'fist', indicating 'please do not punch me in the mouth'.
(I can hear it now: "Officer, she had this sign on her face, that said 'put fist here' - what was I supposed to do?" ;>)
I remember that one... the mom said “the dash dont be silent”
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