Bo Bice, a former contestant on American Idol, is upset over what he calls racist behavior from an employee at a Popeye’s in the Hartsfield–Jackson Airport on Monday.
Bice claimed that the employee referred to him as “white boy.”
“He’s already got his [order], that white boy over there,” one female employee allegedly said to the other.
Bice posted about the incident on Facebook and has not only threatened legal action against Popeye’s but also called out Facebook for allegedly taking down his post about the incident.
“If the tables had been turned and I had used something…and been as insensitive as to say something like that, I would be boycotted. There would be people not buying my albums, there would be people coming and picketing at my shows, and everything else,” Bico said, standing firm in his outrage despite being called out for saying “white boy” was as bad as the N-word.
On Tuesday, a representative for the food chain said in a statement:
Mack II Inc. is very sorry that the incident occurred and for any pain or embarrassment that Mr. Bice experienced. The company does not condone the behavior of one of our associates and we took corrective action as soon as we were made aware of the incident. Also, we will require re-training of our associates to ensure this isolated incident does not occur again. In addition, Mr. Bice has been issued an apology by the General Manager. We value all of our customers regardless of race, religion, age, disability, gender, etc.
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