Zoo employee fired over 'racist' social-media post
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A worker at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois has been fired after posting a selfie to social media with a caption that some are calling "racist," the Chicago Tribune reports.
The photo shows the woman wearing a zoo uniform, checked in at the Brookfield Zoo, with the caption: "At work serving these rude [expletive] white people."
Guests of the zoo apparently saw the photo and flooded the zoo with complaints of racism on its Facebook page, calling for the employee to be fired. The photo has been shared thousands of times across social media.
Although the woman, identified as Shana Latrice, has removed her Facebook page and put her Instagram account on private, NBC Chicago reports that she responded to the criticism with a post that said, "I know what I am & racist is not one of em."
The Brookfield Zoo has responded saying the employee no longer works there and hopes that guests will not "let the actions of one individual overshadow the longstanding good work of the Chicago Zoological Society."
Yesterday, we became aware of the actions of a single employee which we agree are unacceptable. This employee's...
Posted by Brookfield Zoo on Tuesday, June 9, 2015
