I am going to take a stand and bring something to light. I refuse to stay quiet and just let this go....As most of you know, my daughter works at McDonald's. Today, I get a phone call, notifying me of an individual who came in to her work and verbally/racially assaulted her, because of her being black. Other customers, who witnessed this take place and other people as well, came forward immediately and identified the individual and what he said. I went and spoke with my daughter and said people, right away. Come to find out, the person who did this to my daughter, is the owner of a very well known business, here in Rice Lake. This person, made comments about McDonald's hiring my black daughter and that she shouldn't be there, etc. So, I drove over to said business, with phone in hand and had a conversation with this individual. Meanwhile, recording everything. This man admitted being the person who said and did this, to my daughter. As soon as I started asking him why he thought it was acceptable to racially/verbally assault my 14 year old daughter, he got very upset and started sticking his finger in my face. Again, I tell him what he did was absolutely unacceptable and that he needed to apologize and make things right. I told him I was not going to allow him to get away with this and if he refused to do the right thing, then I would take further action. But, that I would be willing to settle this, if he would apologize, etc. This man got even more angry, said he's allowed to say what he wants and then turned away from me. He then stated that he was going to go back down to my daughters work, since we decided to try and hold him accountable for what he did. I told him he should be ashamed of himself and that he severely destroyed my daughters heart and feelings today. This man then yelled at me some more, then walked away from me. I then left his business and drove back to my daughters work. I went inside and sat down for a couple minutes. Low and behold who comes walking in, but the same man. I picked up my phone and started recording again. Immediately my daughters manager grabs my daughters hand, walks her over to the man and demands him to apologize to her. Of course, this did not go over well with him. He actually starts trying to defend racially assaulting her and why he made the comments about her being black, etc. He starts talking about how he's been in business for over 45 years and how he's never had someone disrespect him, by standing up to him. All the while, sticking his finger in everyone's face, raising his voice and more. Again, my daughters manager asks him if he's going to apologize or not. Long story short, a few more things were said back and forth. Then, my daughter finally spoke up. She started telling him, how what he did to her affected her and how it made her feel. This man finally threw his hands up, told me that I shouldn't have stuck my nose in and stepped up for my daughter the way I did. He said McDonald's has a decision to make, about my black daughter working there, then walked out. With all of this being said, I want to first, personally acknowledge how McDonald's stood behind my daughter and defended her the whole way through. They were not going to tolerate or allow this man, to act like this. That says a lot about them, their business, etc. Lastly, for those of you wondering who this person was and what business he owns...it was the owner, of Amundsons Appliance. Not the son, but the old man. Let me make something clear, I am not trying to shame this person, or his business. I gave this man every opportunity possible, to fix this, without me addressing it publicly. He refused. Not only that, he took it further and wanted to defend himself, behaving like that. I am disgusted. I am so sick to my stomach, that this grown man took it upon himself, to attack my daughter like this. Shame on him. I can't imagine how many other people, he's ever done this too. I will always stick up for my children. I will never allow anyone, to treat my daughter, how that man did. She's an incredible human being, with a heart of gold. And she deserves to be able to work, without having things like this done to her, let alone at all. Maybe this man will think, about how he treats people after this. Maybe he won't. But at least he knows now, that not everyone is going to accept that from him anymore. As I stated in the beginning of this post, I am going to take a stand. And that's what I'm doing. My heart is broken and aching for my daughter. It has killed me, to see her so hurt. So can you just imagine how she feels?
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