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In reply to the discussion: When a Racist Restaurant Opens on the Edge of Campus, What Is a University's Responsibility? [View all]Kurska
(5,739 posts)The owner explained the restaurant name has nothing to with illegal immigrants (it was a reference to the owner being a trouble maker, seriously how many illegal immigrants are name "pete" or "peter" anyways. They are taking offense over a misunderstanding.
Meanwhile "Turner's hope is that he can direct the controversy to some of the positives the business does, including his Living Wage Initiative, which launched this year. He guarantees front-line employees a minimum of $17.11 an hour, or more than $35,000 a year, while managers earn upward of $52,500 a year. The company has roughly 300 employees at its seven locations.".
I'm sure these slacktivists would be happy to eat at a restaurant like Chiptole that offers slave labor wages, so long as no one's feelings are hurt! Lord preserve our precious delicate feelings.