As a person of Mexican heritage, I’ve had this happen to me (in California, significantly enough, never here in Arizona in the past 20+ years I’ve lived here.). I would have been offended, but I wouldn’t have sued. I would have taken the time to “educate” the clerk on the inappropriateness of stereotyping. That’s all that needed to be done.
She should say she’s a redneck now. Rednecks come in many colors.
That was kind of cold of the cashier though. Even if she’d used Link in the past. But it’s displaced anger. The store could say it salutes the revived prosperity of America.
Maybe the clerk was tired, harassed, was having a bad day and had seen a lot of EBT cards in her line of work. Not every working person who makes a small error needs a lecture, you know.
It is not the clerks fault. Africans stereotype themselves. Other people simply observe the stereotype.
I’ve had salespersons who asked if I want the Seniors discount. I laughed and said “I don’t ask for anything.” I guess I should have sued?