‘Riff-Raff’ and ‘Ghetto’?: Virginia Food Hall Owner Allegedly Mocked Black Customers and Staff — Now He’s the One Paying Up After Discrimination Lawsuit Blows Back on Him

‘Riff-Raff’ and ‘Ghetto’?: Virginia Food Hall Owner Allegedly Mocked Black Customers and Staff — Now He’s the One Paying Up After Discrimination Lawsuit Blows Back on Him

The former owner of a once-lively food hall in northern Virginia must pay $54,000 to settle a racial harassment lawsuit filed by the Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced this week [March 16]. Shyreece Brown, Sr., the former general manager of EpiQ Food Hall in Woodbridge, who is Black, faced a barrage of racial slurs and put-downs from the company’s owner, Michael Kim, who also made derogatory comments about other Black employ…