"It's not completely clear how the interaction with the Cinnabon employee first became heated, but the TikTok user who uploaded the video said her cousin, the female customer in the video, had asked for more caramel on her cinnamon roll. The worker, a white woman, responded by insulting the woman's hijab, according to the TikTok user, saying the customer could see her "squeezing [the caramel] through that witchcraft bandana.""
"The exchange that followed, as captured on video, turned uglier once the employee, Crystal Wilsey, noticed she was being filmed: "I am racist, and you are a n-r," Wilsey says, while leaning across the counter. "I am racist, and I'll say that to the whole entire world. Don't be disrespectful." Wilsey then extended her middle fingers to the customers, told them to "suck it," and called the female customer ugly."
"In a normal world (or even in the world of a couple years ago), that would be the end of the story, or at least pretty close to it. Wilsey's story is not particularly remarkable: We know there are proudly racist individuals living in the U.S. She's also not a powerful figure-she certainly can't set public policy-meaning her firing from a Wisconsin Cinnabon would hardly be newsworthy."
A Somali American couple stopped at a Cinnabon in a Green Bay suburb and requested extra caramel. A white employee mocked the woman's hijab, saying the customer was "squeezing [the caramel] through that witchcraft bandana." The employee, identified as Crystal Wilsey, later told the filmed customers "I am racist" and used a racial slur while leaning across the counter. Wilsey extended her middle fingers, told them to "suck it," and insulted the woman's appearance. Video of the incident went viral and Cinnabon fired Wilsey. A later TMZ clip showed Wilsey claiming the customer had earlier approached her in white-face disguise.
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