Ex-employee at Fort Worth Whataburger files lawsuit after she lost job over BLM mask

[TexasTowelie]

A woman filed a lawsuit against Whataburger on Thursday after she says she was targeted by her white managers because she wore a “Black Lives Matter” mask to work at a Fort Worth restaurant.

Last August, Ma’Kiya Congious said she was forced out of her job at the Texas-based fast food chain for wearing the BLM face mask to work in east Fort Worth.

In the suit filed in Dallas County, Congious, who is Black, said she faced racial discrimination by Whataburger management. She wore the mask multiple times, and her supervisors and district manager did not say anything about her not being allowed to wear the face covering, she said. That changed after a customer complained about the mask on Aug. 4, 2020, the lawsuit says.

A drive-thru customer asked Congious for the customer service phone number to complain about her wearing the BLM mask. Congious told her supervisor and district manager about the complaint that same day, and managers reprimanded her for wearing the mask and ordered her to take it off, the suit says.

Read more: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article253444394.html

[PurgedVoter]

1. My reaction to this may be problematic

I think the management has the right to let someone go who insists on wearing politically charged clothing when they interact with the public.

I also think that we have the right to and should boycott this establishment until they do the right thing and make it up to this woman. I have been a loyal diner at Whataburgers since the early seventies. I just now quit going to Whataburger.
For years they were the standard of comparison for other places to eat. They were always quality, but since covid, their consistency has been going downhill. As a result, this decision is not as hard as it would have been a couple of years ago.

I won't give my money to a company that sides with white supremacy. I realize that this is probably just a franchise, but I am pretty sure the company has a few controls over the behavior of such.

So no more Whataburger for me till I hear they have changed their ways.

[murielm99]

2. I complained about an employee

who was working with the public and wearing a "Blue Lives Matter" bracelet. I did not want her to lose her job. I objected to political apparel while working with the public. The bracelet disappeared.

I would have to follow through and say that the BLM mask should not be worn at work, either.