Illinois Dairy Queen closed after racist spat

[DonViejo]

Source: International Business Times


07 JAN 2017 AT 07:58 ET

A Dairy Queen restaurant in Zion, Illinois, was closed Friday after a young mother said the franchise owner called her and her children a racial slur. The racially charged dispute sparked calls for a local protest and boycott of the fast-food restaurant chain.

Deianeira Ford, 21, said the incident took place Wednesday when she asked the store on 21st Street, west of Sheridan Road, in Zion for a refund after a problem with her order. Responding to her, store owner James Crichton used the N-word, following which Ford’s daughter asked her what the racial slur meant.

On asking the owner his name, he first said it was “’Bill Clinton’ and then said, ‘Better yet, I’m Donald Trump,’ and told me to go back where I came from,” Ford reportedly said.

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The terms of the franchise agreement termination were agreed to on Friday and were effective immediately, Dairy Queen spokesman Dean Peters told News-Sun, a local newspaper.

“The recent actions of this franchisee are inexcusable, reprehensible, unacceptable and do not represent the values of the Dairy Queen family, our employees, fans and other independent franchises around the world,” a statement by the company said. “We expect our franchisees and their employees to treat every single person who walks through their doors with the utmost dignity and respect. Nothing less is acceptable.”




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[RedWedge]

3. WTF is this shit right here.

[ghostsinthemachine]

5. Sarcasm.

Or a facsimile thereof.

[lunasun]

6. Actually it was the real police who were there and she had a right to a refund for items she paid

for but did not receive . Shut down by corporate DQ so your beef is with corporate franchising rules
Your description also fits for plantation slave owners!

[Red Mountain]

8. Contract breaker

Just because the Donald gets away with it doesn't make it right......

[lunasun]

2. This is local and other people have come out to say they stopped going there after racial slurs

The women has a right to ask for a refund for the food she didn't get but paid for but no he goes on a racial rant and tells the police he is glad he did it . Well then Goodbye DQZion franchise

[TreasonousBastard]

4. This is the kind of thing that gives me hope...

I have no particular feelings one way or the other about Dairy Queen, but the simple fact that corporate takes this seriously shows how far we have come.

I was alive when there was still "strange fruit" hanging off the trees in some places, but now they put you out of business when you call someone a racial slur. We're not going back to segregated lunch counters no matter how many Trumps huff and puff.

Trump and his brownshirts may slow down civilization, but it won't stop it. A step backwards, but two steps forward, even if we have to wait a little bit.

[OrwellwasRight]

20. Nice post!

[mopinko]

7. a poor and racist little town.

lost their nuclear power plant a few years back, and that hasnt helped tourism at illinois beach state park, which sits right on the edge of the reactors grounds. not much else happening.

mostly white little town, right next to waukegan, a heavily black and poor town w nothing much going for it.

spent a lot of time in the area, and this doesnt surprise me.

[sarah FAILIN]

9. I just got malware ad clicking the viid link

Just a heads up

[DonViejo]

11. The vid at the website? I just clicked it and received no warning.

[sarah FAILIN]

12. the hyperlink in the post

I didn't go to the article first

[DonViejo]

13. I just hit all the links in the OP...

didn't receive any warnings about malware. The link in the tweet took me to an ad for "tiny url" but it goes away and took me to ABC

[sarah FAILIN]

15. It was an ad but it was malware

It said "a virus has been detected on this computer, download ...." trying to get you to download their stuff which is the malware . It may be different ads for different people

[BumRushDaShow]

14. It could be DU ads

If you are not a star member, then something might be re-directing you.

[sarah FAILIN]

16. no

It was in the tweet

[JTFrog]

21. I run adblock plus and it gave me the option to skip the ad. Ad is in first link in the OP.

Just an FYI. I had no problems cuz of my ad blocker.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. I use adblock, uBlock, & Ghostery

which pretty much kills most of the crap although some items still trickle through on some sites.

[TexasBushwhacker]

10. Kudos to DQ Corporate for cancelling the owner's contract

That was swift!

[Coolest Ranger]

17. Sighs

well thank god Dairy Queen did the right thing

[geek tragedy]

18. That was fast. Dude didn't even try to deny it. nt

[Xolodno]

19. Damn.

Now I have to break my diet and buy a Blizzard to show my support.