‘Riff-Raff’ and ‘Ghetto’?: Virginia Food Hall Owner Allegedly Mocked Black Customers and Staff — Now He’s the One Paying Up After Discrimination Lawsuit Blows Back on Him
The former owner of a once-lively food hall in northern Virginia must pay $54,000 to settle a racial harassment lawsuit filed by the Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced this week [March 16]. Shyreece Brown, Sr., the former general manager of EpiQ Food Hall in Woodbridge, who is Black, faced a barrage of racial slurs…
