Celebrity chef star, Neil Perry is at the centre of a racial slur. The chef himself is not in any way linked to the slur, but an employee in a restaurant he owns is. It happens that a black customer was issued receipt that says ‘niggas’ (see picture).
Rutendo Ruth Muchinguri became aware of the issue after her “hard working black husband” Nicholas, had lunch with friends. In a Facebook post Mrs Muchinguri wrote: “Dear Burger Project, “My hard working black husband went to your Collins St store to have lunch with his friends and this is a photo of his receipt for the order. “It is so disappointing that in a place where my husband spent his hard earned money, he received this sort of disgracefully discriminatory treatment. It’s exhausting that in 2017, in a modern and multicultural society some of your staff remain insensitive to the impact that this insidiously nasty and vile word has”.
The Burger Project which is in Melbourne responded to the post after it went live, it wrote: “We are very concerned to learn about the unacceptable language used by an employee of our Burger Project St Collins Lane store today. “Rockpool Dining Group is a caring and inclusive company. We have a clear policy of respect and care for our customers, staff and community. “We do not condone this kind of behaviour from our staff, or accept this treatment of our customers. As soon as we became aware of the matter this afternoon, when we were contacted on the behalf of the customer, we acted: we reached out and apologised and the employee’s position was terminated.
“The employee’s behaviour was in breach of our code of conduct and such behaviour won’t be tolerated. “We apologise profusely for the upset and hurt this has caused”.
Original story:Independent
