The Anti-Blackness of Bay Area Fine Dining Kitchens Is Still a Problem | Eater SF

"At SPQR I was repeatedly labeled as 'having an attitude' and told to 'fix my mood' because it supposedly affected other staff; when I spoke up after being wrongly accused of not completing a task I was dismissed with 'I don't need the attitude,' a white chef asked why I was 'always angry' and said I 'didn't have it that bad,' another claimed Africans do not have running tap water, I was asked to use my 'real name' despite going by 'Sam,' and I endured colleagues playing hip-hop laced with the N-word and greeting me with 'What up, playa?' — all of which made being the only Black person in the kitchen isolating and uncomfortable." - Selasie Dotse