The following is a description of an incident that occurred at a
Southern California KFC on June 6, 2008 (about three weeks ago.) A few
minutes ago I sent basically the same message to KFC via the Net and
told them I was going to post a similar recounting of the incident to
the Internet newsgroups, too.
I walked into the local KFC restaurant and was met -- not greeted in
any manner, shape or form -- by a rather surly, glum, chunky Hispanic
employee with a noticeable Spanish accent named XXXXXXXXX. (I could
type her name as it's on the receipt I have in front of me as a type
this.)
I gave my take-out order to the cold, unsmiling and noticeably
unfriendly XXXXXXXXX and proceeded to wait for it to be prepared.
After a few moments the previously glum, unsmiling, unfriendly (to
me) XXXXXXXXX left the area behind the counter holding a KFC food item
(a dessert, I believe) and made a beeline to a Spanish-speaking family
(two adults, two small kids) seated at a table. It was obvious, from
the adults' responses of surprise and appreciation, that the now-
smiling, friendly and pleasant XXXXXXXXX was gifting them with an
unexpected "freebie" dessert as I heard the adults say, "Ohhhhh! Eres
tan bueno! Gracias, eh!!" etc. (Due to the nature of my profession I,
a non-Hispanic Caucasian, am quite fluent in Spanish, undoubtedly
unbeknownst to XXXXXXXXX.)
A few minutes later a Black woman entered the restuarant and -- lo
and behold -- XXXXXXXXX went into her cold, glum, unsmiling and
unfriendly mode, which really struck me after seeing how I was treated
and then how the Hispanic family was treated.
Here's the proverbial "kicker":
A few moments later my nearly-$27.95 order for my family arrived and
I gave XXXXXXXXX $40 (probably two $20 bills.) Instead of giving me
back $12.05 (as is even printed on the receipt I still have) XXXXXXXXX
gave me back $22.05. Being an honest person who under normal
conditions literally would not knowingly keep a nickel he shouldn't,
my first impulse was to point out to KFC's discriminating employee
XXXXXXXXX her error; however, as I was (I think understandably) a bit
peeved by this time I did not. I plan to return the overpayment -- at
a *different* KFC restaurant, to be sure -- in the future.
This was one of the most obvious instances of racism by a member of
"La Raza" ("The Race," one of whose most im****tant ethnic cheerleader
organizations has the official motto, "**** La Raza todo, fuera de La
Raza nada" - "For The Race everything, for those outside The Race
nothing.") that I have experienced and it is an outrage. I do believe
the American people have had enough of this kind of thing and that it
won't be long before many frustrated Americans get personally
involved, in ways they never had before, in righting these kinds of
wrongs being perpetrated against them in many cases by people who may
not even be in the country legally in the first place.
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