Crystal Wilsey, a cashier at a Cinnabon franchise in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin, said some unforgivable things to a Somali couple who had the temerity to request more caramel on a pecan cinnamon roll. But I don't think she should have been summarily fired. Wilsey's is just the latest high-profile tale of an American who lost her job on account of a viral video. The racism she's accused of is not debatable. In the TikTok video that circulated last week, Wilsey, a 43-year-old white woman, hurled a racist epithet at her customers and declared, 'I am racist, and I'll say it to the whole entire world.' She gestured to her crotch and added: 'Suck it!' According to the Somali couple, before the camera started rolling, Wilsey had called the woman's hijab a 'witchcraft bandana.' Wilsey alleges that the couple had been harassing her, but she has not provided any details to substantiate that claim. When I saw the video, I naturally sympathized with the Somali couple. The slurs came at a time when...
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