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"  A former Hooters employee is suing the breastaurant for racial discrimination. But the suit isn&amp;#039;t just about the employee&amp;#039;s skin color; it really focuses on her hair color. More From Delish: Hooters Bans Disgraced San Diego Mayor from Restaurants According to CBS Baltimore, Farryn Johnson, 25, claims the restaurant allows Caucasian servers to have highlights in their hair, but African-American waitresses are not granted the same privileges. Johnson, who dons a pixie cut with a streak of blonde, alleges she was fired after managers said her hair color violated the restaurant&amp;#039;s standards. &amp;quot;They gave me write-ups and they told me I need to take the color out of my hair,&amp;quot; said Johnson. &amp;quot;They specifically said, &amp;#039;Black women don&amp;#039;t have blonde in their hair, so you need to take it out.&amp;#039;&amp;quot; Johnson&amp;#039;s lawyer, Jessica Weber, explained to CBS Baltimore that an employer can institute grooming standards, but an employer cannot legally have separate rules for African-Americans and Caucasians. More From Delish: Mario Batali to Settle Restaurant Lawsuit for $5.25 Million This is not the first racial discrimination allegation made against the restaurant chain. According to the New York Times, in 2012 Kisuk Cha and his girlfriend, both Korean, ordered their meal to go at a Hooters location in Fresh Meadows, Queens. Cha alleged that the servers then began laughing and gawking at them, and added a derogatory term used to describe Asians, &amp;quot;Chinx,&amp;quot; to their receipt. Hooters did its own internal investigation and the employee responsible resigned after confessing. As for the recent lawsuit, Hooters declined to comment as the investigation is still pending. What do you think about the allegations? Find more great food content on Delish:   Search for the perfect recipe from our homepage Find out the latest food news Get a recipe book to save your favorite dishes Sign up for our free newsletters Check us out on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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