A Black server at a Cracker Barrel restaurant and country store in Tennessee claims she faced rampant bigotry on the job, while higher-ups consistently failed to hold white employees and supervisors accountable for their racist behavior.
In a federal lawsuit obtained by The Independent, Roberta Mendez, who identifies as Black, says her white coworkers regularly called her, variously, “nappy headed [N-word,]” “burnt biscuit," and “monkey,” according to her complaint, which was filed on August 21. Last year, it says Mendez’s shift leader left little room for interpretation, brazenly telling her, “I don’t like Black people.”
