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Papa John's customer: Pizza joint called me a ‘chink’!
Papa John's customer: Pizza joint called me a ‘chink’!
Racist receipt left New York girl with a bad taste in her mouth.
She ordered a small pepperoni pie — and got a side of racism.
Minhee Cho, 24, was shocked when she learned she had been described by a Papa John's employee as “lady chinky eyes.”
The public relations rep spotted the disparaging phrase on her receipt Saturday a day after visiting a Hamilton Heights branch of the popular pizzeria.
“Hey @PapaJohns just FYI my name isn’t ‘lady chinky eyes,’” Cho tweeted, along with the an image of the offensive receipt.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/papa-john-customer-pizza-joint-called-a-chink-article-1.1002304#ixzz1ip1DPCLI
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