Marcus Bradley, a driver for hardware store Lowe’s, was ordered to hand off a delivery to a racially-acceptable colleague following a customer complaint, reports WSET.
“Then I got a phone call on the phone telling me to bring the delivery back. Saying that I couldn’t do the delivery,” said Bradley to WSET. “I asked him why I couldn’t do it and he said because you’re black and they don’t want you at the house.”
Raw Story found the customer and reports that she has no regrets. She did, however, offer the perfect one-liner from the point where racism and privilege meet.
“I got a right to have whatever I want and that’s it,” she said.
It’s not Lowe’s first rodeo. In 2011, it conspicuously pulled its ads from the show “All-American Muslim,” after a conservative group described it as a “danger to American liberties and traditional values.”
After WSET exposed its latest act of conspicuous public bigotry, Lowe’s found someone to fire: the store manager.
Diversity and inclusion is a core value at Lowe’s.
The situation brought to our attention was troubling and an investigation was immediately undertaken.
Under no circumstances should a discriminatory delivery request be honored as it is inconsistent with our diversity and inclusion core values and the request should have been refused.
The investigation has concluded and the individuals involved are no longer with company.