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A California waiter refused to serve 4 Latina women until he saw ‘proof of residency’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/03/19/a-california-waiter-refused-to-serve-4-latina-women-until-he-saw-proof-of-residency/?utm_term=.76c0411b07cf&wpisrc=nl_&wpmm=1

inc4t

That is wrong, and the restaurant was right to ultimately fire the waiter. That is a form or racial profiling. Just because they are Latino, doesnt make it okay to ask for their documents.

islander507

From Yelp reviews of this restaurant 

https://www.yelp.com/questions/saint-marc-pub-cafe-bakery-and-cheese-affinage-whats-up-with-the-citizenship-policy/VatYPF-gubOpCy_bRUpNkg

We are deeply saddened by this guest’s experience and have made the decision to terminate the employee in question. This type of behavior is not representative of the Saint Marc brand and it will not be tolerated. We have established our restaurant in a wonderfully diverse community and intend to uphold our standards of universal acceptance. The views of our former employee are not in line with that of Saint Marc, nor will we allow any current or future employee to treat any guests this way in our establishment. We appreciate you voicing your concern and allowing us to resolve this issue with the help of the community, and we’re deeply apologetic to anyone affected. 

Sincerely and apologetically, The Saint Marc team

Vaulk

I'm afraid I fail to see how this is an issue of Racial Profiling.  Granted I'd concede that it certainly wasn't his place to ask...but asking to see someone's ID is not a crime, nor is it reprehensible under any law or statute.  I'd pose to inc4t: How is this racial profiling?  As far as I know, Latino is not a race.  The United States Census Bureau uses the ethnonym Hispanic or Latino to refer to "a person of Dominican, Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.  "REGARDLESS" of race means that Race is completely and totally irrelevant to being Latino.  So unless you're trying to say that ALL Latinos are one race (Which would be Racial Prejudice), then I'm afraid I cannot see much of a point in claiming that this waiter is guilty of "Racial Profiling".

natbarons

Yes, it wasn't his place to ask, but it's also not racial profiling.

agsr

I also agree with @natbarons . It was wrong, but not really racial profiling 

socialmedia_an2831

No, and I have a feeling people may blame this act on Trump and his some what rasdical beliefs. Trump shouldn't be blamed. But this act should not have happened. It's simply an invasion of their privacy and wrong.

ale5

@Vaulk, IMHO, is absolutely an issue of racial profiling.  Notwithstanding the issue of technicality of Latino/Mexicans being a "race", it was very obvious that they are Mexicans and discriminated against by the restaurant. I just don't want us to hold up a technicality to deny racial profiling for a clear cut discrimination case.

randal

Yes, what's the issue? He had the right to ask, it was not an invasion of privacy. If anything, they should be deported. The waiter should be asking who's llegal and not. They want them to be able to pay their own bill.

Vaulk

I'm afraid in our touchy society of today's United States, the phrase "They were obviously Mexican" doesn't hold up.  The left-wing liberals have effectively created this problem during their crusade against racism (Which I still think is ridiculous).  Please understand that I acknowledge in full that what I'm about to talk about is clearly "Circular logic" of sorts, but I'm afraid this is the world we're living in...so here it goes:

How is it "obvious that they were Mexicans"?  I challenge you to NOT sound like a racist while answering this question truthfully lol.

keuzle

This was very wrong. The waiter was clearly discriminating and is a racist do to what he did.

Vaulk

keuzle said:

This was very wrong. The waiter was clearly discriminating and is a racist do to what he did.

@keuzle Racist against what race?

lansilo_user19

No, that was too much to ask and possibly illegal. I do understand his point, but it was just too much and wrong.

George_Horse

It was wrong, but that girl on the far right of the photo can receive this Jalapeño anytime. 

MayCaesar

This is a very poor action business-wise. For example, I am here legally, but I definitely do not carry my residence documents around with me all the time. Were they to ask me for one, I would not be able to provide it, and they would lose a customer - and get a very negative review on the Internet, which would hurt their reputation and profit.

The company reasonably took action against the employee and fired him. Unlike a random waiter, the management understands the relation between the quality of customer service and the profit of the company, and will not tolerate vigilantes bringing their political views into the job.