{"id":12028,"date":"2012-01-19T01:01:04","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T01:01:04","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-01-19T01:01:04","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T01:01:04","slug":"More-on-Papa-John-firing-for-Asian-slur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=12028","title":{"rendered":"More on Papa John firing for Asian slur"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former wall street banker was forced to fire a 16-year-old Harlem girl after the employee identified an Asian-American customer, Minhee Cho, by the size of her eyes on a store receipt.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ronald Johnson tells Amsterdam News he is using the incident as a teachable moment at his Papa John\u2019s stores.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a 16-year-old young lady who lives with her grandmother. When I brought this to her and told her that I would have to fire her, she just broke down in tears. She honestly did not know that she had done something very wrong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s sad, but it presents an opportunity to address potential issues moving forward. I believe that she really did not mean to offend the young lady. She did not understand how it was offensive at that moment, but now she definitely understands. I heard about this at 4 p.m., and by 4:15 p.m. the determination was already made to fire her.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been in Harlem for 10 years. We have 110 employees and this is the only time anything like this has ever happened. It wasn\u2019t appropriate, it wasn\u2019t right and it should not have happened. I was, frankly, very surprised. We\u2019ve changed our operation. We\u2019ve taken steps to eliminate any kind of problem like this in the future. It\u2019s a learning opportunity for us. It\u2019s a growth opportunity for us. I take this very, very seriously,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve scheduled sensitivity training for my company. We\u2019ve learned a very valuable lesson, and that lesson is that there is never enough training. We all have to be caretakers of culture and we have to protect and nurture culture. We need to be transmitting this to our children and we\u2019re not doing that,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hire young people, Black and Latino kids, for three hours a day. You become their teacher, their priest,\u201d he went on to say. \u201cThere are so many issues that these kids have. Can you shape a person\u2019s life in that short a time? I\u2019d like to think that if we act in a positive fashion and serve as positive role models, that maybe we can. These are good, solid people who make mistakes. I am deeply saddened by this and it\u2019s a lesson learned.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe serve with the utmost courtesy and respect. It\u2019s something I drill. We try to do our very best to treat the people of Harlem with respect. Business should not be asked to solve social problems, and this is a social problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey come out of school and they come to work. We\u2019re the next step. We try to shape them into productive employees. I try and train them in the ways of making a product and making money,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n

via Amsterdam News<\/a>
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