Milwaukee frozen custard shop defends ‘English only’ policy

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Milwaukee frozen custard shop defends ‘English only’ policy

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"....critics called a racist — and illegal — employee policy. Customers on Twitter used the hashtag #BoycottLeons. And the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) has even called on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to launch a federal investigation into the “English only” rule......."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/mor ... ly-policy/

If the customers were tourists I would understand. But for people who live in the states how is it racist by simply asking them to simply order in English, and how is it a violation of fed labor law to ask employees to only speak in English?

The owner, btw, states he and his family are Hispanic..
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