How can a restaurant make its employees dress appropriately?
As an employer, you're not allowed to discriminate based on race. And I think most people will agree with that.
However, you can also come under fire for having white employees dressing/behaving in a 'non-white' way.
So the question is, if you open a Chinese (for example) restaurant, with Chinese food, decorations, attire, and everything else, how can you get employees to dress? You could only have your Chinese employees dress Chinesely else you're getting boycotted. But you also can't only hire Chinese people else you're going to prison for racial discrimination. You also can't get only your Chinese employees to dress Chinesely and your other employees to dress otherwise because that's a racist dress code, plus it'd look ridiculous to your customers.
What can you do?
However, you can also come under fire for having white employees dressing/behaving in a 'non-white' way.
So the question is, if you open a Chinese (for example) restaurant, with Chinese food, decorations, attire, and everything else, how can you get employees to dress? You could only have your Chinese employees dress Chinesely else you're getting boycotted. But you also can't only hire Chinese people else you're going to prison for racial discrimination. You also can't get only your Chinese employees to dress Chinesely and your other employees to dress otherwise because that's a racist dress code, plus it'd look ridiculous to your customers.
What can you do?
You say screw the morons that care about this and dress everyone however you want (within reason)
Get all employees to wear "normal" clothing e.g. shirt, black trousers, tie.
That way you aren't discriminating and the SJWs are less likely to be triggered.
If your venue and food is up to scratch, I doubt genuine customers will care about the staff's uniform.
Orrrrr
Screw the triggerlypuffs and do what your workforce and the vast majority of your customer base is comfortable with
That way you aren't discriminating and the SJWs are less likely to be triggered.
If your venue and food is up to scratch, I doubt genuine customers will care about the staff's uniform.
Orrrrr
Screw the triggerlypuffs and do what your workforce and the vast majority of your customer base is comfortable with
Original post by Notoriety
It looks fairly ridiculous to your customers to have a white person act in a Chinesey way also.
The only places I have been to which have "themed" serving are those which employ solely people who are ethnically Chinese. Would seem to make the question redundant.
The only places I have been to which have "themed" serving are those which employ solely people who are ethnically Chinese. Would seem to make the question redundant.
How do you ensure all your staff are ethnically Chinese? Could you get some Japanese/Korean/other Oriental staff in too and hope the customers don't notice?
Original post by ThomH97
How do you ensure all your staff are ethnically Chinese? Could you get some Japanese/Korean/other Oriental staff in too and hope the customers don't notice?
You used the phrase "Chinese staff".
As to what Chinese restaurants tend to do in practice, they tend to employ family members or family friends from the same racial group. Based on trust, having people you know, having people familiar with Chinese cuisine. It is not, as you seem to think, a ploy to sell authenticity to the customers or creating an in-built excuse to wear red satin jackets marked with Chinese characters.
Your OP question makes no sense, nor does this one.
Original post by Notoriety
You used the phrase "Chinese staff".
As to what Chinese restaurants tend to do in practice, they tend to employ family members or family friends from the same racial group. Based on trust, having people you know, having people familiar with Chinese cuisine. It is not, as you seem to think, a ploy to sell authenticity to the customers or creating an in-built excuse to wear red satin jackets marked with Chinese characters.
Your OP question makes no sense, nor does this one.
As to what Chinese restaurants tend to do in practice, they tend to employ family members or family friends from the same racial group. Based on trust, having people you know, having people familiar with Chinese cuisine. It is not, as you seem to think, a ploy to sell authenticity to the customers or creating an in-built excuse to wear red satin jackets marked with Chinese characters.
Your OP question makes no sense, nor does this one.
In a discussion regarding racist hiring methods and cultural appropriation, you've also added nepotism. So you wouldn't expect to see a job advert for any restaurant specialising in a country's cuisine?
Original post by ThomH97
In a discussion regarding racist hiring methods and cultural appropriation, you've also added nepotism. So you wouldn't expect to see a job advert for any restaurant specialising in a country's cuisine?
It is not really nepotism; it is just a matter of common sense and practice. Most restaurants are small companies and these companies don't care what public policy aims you have.
Sure, it might be discriminatory for them to not hire a white person (ever). Who will ever contest this practice, for a part-time NMW job? A busy body who is inequitably dull.
Employers can require a dress code. And as long as reasonable adjustments are made i.e. men don't have to wear skirts if they don't want to, there is no issue. It will be interesting to see how school uniform will change in the coming years since boys are generally discriminated against when it comes to skirts (acceptable) vs. shorts (unacceptable). I note that some schools have introduced a trousers-only policy which to be fair is the easiest solution.
if you want to discriminate legally, you make it a job requirement that you must speak Mandarin or have good understanding of Chinese culture. sure, one could argue this would not stop white people who speak Mandarin from applying, but how many are you going to get compared to Chinese? similarly, this is how restaurants like Hooters can discriminate discreetly against overweight people - make it a job requirement that the uniform is booty shorts and low-cut tops so there's less chance (if any) of overweight applicants.
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