"When video of an argument between a white worker at a Cinnabon store and two Black customers began to circulate online last week, it seemed to fall into a troubling but familiar genre. The employee at the northern Wisconsin shop can be heard calling the customers a racial slur. She makes an obscene gesture. "I am racist," the worker declares. Cinnabon soon fired the worker, saying her actions and statements were "completely unacceptable.""
"But what happened next veered from the way many viral moments of outrage play out online: While many on social media condemned the worker's words, others leaped to her defense. And for at least the second time in recent months, donors offered money to someone caught being racist. By Tuesday, a campaign for the fired employee, who was not named by Cinnabon, had raised more than $130,000."
A video from a northern Wisconsin Cinnabon showed a white employee calling two Black customers a racial slur, making an obscene gesture and declaring, "I am racist." Cinnabon fired the employee and labeled the behavior "completely unacceptable." A GiveSendGo crowdfunding page created for the worker described her as a hardworking mother, accused Somalians of harassment, and raised more than $130,000. Donors left supportive notes, promoted white supremacist sentiments and condemned illegal immigrants despite unclear immigration status for the customers. GiveSendGo's communications director said the platform provides a space for expression rather than judgment.
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