Customer files discrimination charge over Faribault Burger King blackface

A customer who recorded a Burger King employee wearing blackface at a Faribault, Minnesota, drive-through on Halloween has filed a discrimination charge with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, her attorneys said Thursday.

Shavelle Devine’s charge alleges race and color discrimination in public accommodations and business under the Minnesota Human Rights Act, according to a news release from her attorneys, David Schlesinger and Lucas Kaster of Schlesinger Kaster, PLLC. The release doesn’t say whether the charge names Burger King, the restaurant’s franchisee or the employee, or whether the department has taken any action on it. A charge is an allegation, not a finding…

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