Current Events > Muslim woman has 'ISIS' written on her cup at Starbucks in Minnesota

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/07/us/muslim-woman-starbucks-isis-target-trnd/index.html

A Muslim woman has filed a discrimination charge against Target after she said she received a drink from a Target Starbucks barista with "ISIS" written on the cup instead of her name at one of the retail corporation's Minnesota locations.

Aishah, who asked to be identified only by her first name out of fear for her safety, is being represented by the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN), which filed a charge to the Minnesota Department of Human Rights on Monday.

The 19-year-old, who wears a hijab, a headscarf worn by Muslim women, told CNN she felt singled out for her religious beliefs after seeing "ISIS" -- the acronym for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, a terrorist group known for its radical beliefs and violence -- on her cup. It's unclear if ISIS was written in all caps on the cup.

"The moment I saw it, I was overwhelmed with a lot of emotions," Aishah said. "I felt belittled and so humiliated. This is a word that shatters the Muslim reputation all over the world. I cannot believe that in this day and age, something like this can be considered acceptable. It isn't okay."

The incident occurred on July 1, at the St. Paul-Midway Target Starbucks, Aishah said. She said she also was wearing a face mask, because of the ongoing pandemic, but said she repeated her name to the barista. She didn't spell it out.

"When she asked for my name, I slowly repeated it multiple times," she said. "There is absolutely no way she could have heard it as ISIS. Aishah is not an unknown name and I repeated it multiple times."

The employee claimed to Aishah at the time that she had not heard the name correctly, according to the discrimination charge, a copy of which was obtained by CNN.

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Says the guy defending the Muslim Uighur genocide in China

Shut the fuck up. Sincerely, a Muslim
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Lol

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LOL @ calling that an accident

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CableZL posted...

LOL @ calling that an accident

Hope they fire the person

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Aisha (if its pronounced like I think it is) doesnt sound like Isis. And the fact that it happened to a Muslim person is just too much to be a coincidence.

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"I misheard your name, so I put ISIS"

wut...
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Is this real? Lets wait and find out.

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TheVipaGTS posted...

Aisha (if its pronounced like I think it is) doesnt sound like Isis. And the fact that it happened to a Muslim person is just too much to be a coincidence.

Yeah, if her name was Iris or somthing similar I could see it, but even then, you don't fucking write ISIS on someone's cup lmao.

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Her first mistake was going to Starbucks

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Feel bad for any Nicole's that visited that Starbucks and interacted with that employee

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TheVipaGTS posted...

Aisha (if its pronounced like I think it is) doesnt sound like Isis. And the fact that it happened to a Muslim person is just too much to be a coincidence.

It's nowhere near Isis.

Although coincidentally Isis is actually a given name in many cultures (not even just Muslim ones)
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i once had a student named Isis. poor girl.

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Fucked up though I can't see me being so dramatic about it if it happened to me. I'd just complain to the manager and leave. Wouldn't sue or file charges or say i "fear for my safety" or anything.

A few years ago, somebody has their car trashed for having a "Team Isis" bumper sticker.

The problem? It had nothing to do with ISIS. The car owner had a daughter with terminal cancer named Isis.


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Women love overpaying on coffee.

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I used to do extra work for the holidays at a Target as a GSTL (front end lead). We had an incident that required the cameras to be used. I was very surprised at how clear we could hear conversations. Target has multiple layers of management at the store level and for even the small stuff they all were always involved. Not sure if they all use similar systems or not but if the employee is claiming it was a mistake or mishearing it might be pretty easy to confirm. I'm guessing they did too since a line from further in the article says:

"We have investigated the matter and believe that it was not a deliberate act but an unfortunate mistake that could have been avoided with a simple clarification," the spokesperson said. "We're taking appropriate actions with the team member, including additional training, to ensure this does not occur again."

It's pretty easy for these big corporations to just say fuck it and fire the person unless they are sure there wasn't an actual problem.


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Why doesn't SBux just ask customers to spell it?

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Oof. Defs used to shop at that Target all the time before I moved.

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Bossdog421 posted...

I used to do extra work for the holidays at a Target as a GSTL (front end lead). We had an incident that required the cameras to be used. I was very surprised at how clear we could hear conversations. Target has multiple layers of management at the store level and for even the small stuff they all were always involved. Not sure if they all use similar systems or not but if the employee is claiming it was a mistake or mishearing it might be pretty easy to confirm. I'm guessing they did too since a line from further in the article says:

"We have investigated the matter and believe that it was not a deliberate act but an unfortunate mistake that could have been avoided with a simple clarification," the spokesperson said. "We're taking appropriate actions with the team member, including additional training, to ensure this does not occur again."

It's pretty easy for these big corporations to just say fuck it and fire the person unless they are sure there wasn't an actual problem.

Iirc Target's LP is like the gold standard, even better than the police
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Isis is a real name, you guys. I met a girl at a party named that.

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Austin_Era_II posted...

Women love overpaying on coffee.

People in this day of age pay stupid amount of money for coffee. Everyone in my accounting firm all drink coffee except for me.

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Pepys Monster posted...

Isis is a real name, you guys. I met a girl at a party named that.

Worked at a pizza place several years back and one of our regulars had that name. She was very attractive.


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I believe it. I've heard white people refer to brown people by that word. A customer called my former boss that. He's from India.

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That Target is a stone's throw from where I went to school. It was either there or the Wal-Mart just up the street where I saw an employee spit on the floor one day.

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I always liked the name Isis before those terrorists assholes ruined it.

Pepys Monster posted...

Isis is a real name, you guys. I met a girl at a party named that.

It is, but you really have to be living under a rock to not only get the girls name wrong, but to put the name Isis to a woman who is wearing a hijab.

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