LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A business fired two Kentucky workers and issued an apology after a black woman was denied access to a restroom.
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Liquor Barn said in a statement Wednesday that it terminated the employee who turned the woman away and the general manager of the Louisville store, the Courier Journal reported. The company said it was “embarrassed” and “deeply regrets” the incident.
The statement came following a video posted Tuesday to social media by a white construction worker, who said he and his coworker, a black woman, were with their construction crew at the store when two members of the crew were given access to the bathroom while she was not.
Liquor Barn said in the statement that it has apologized to the woman and vowed to assess the company’s diversity processes and conduct sensitivity training.
A statement from Liquor Barn – Party Mart pic.twitter.com/zIlJraSCdC
— Liquor Barn (@liquorbarn) June 10, 2020
The video can be viewed below, but viewers should be aware it contains foul language.
“vowed to assess the company’s diversity processes and conduct sensitivity training”
Here we go again. Another company capitulating to the Thought Police in the media, the 5th column. Another store that I will be boycotting.
Lol
This might have been racism, I don’t know the full story. I run a retail store that is not required to have a restroom but till now we have accommodated our customers. I fear for what the future will bring. maybe soon a homeless person will come in and I will be destroyed if I say no.
Bathrooms Matter !!!!! We need to stage world wide Protests in every state !!!!!!