Campus food service worker hit with bias complaint after saying ‘hello’ to student in Japanese | The College Fix

Campus food service worker hit with bias complaint after saying ‘hello’ to student in Japanese | The College Fix

• U. of Minnesota student complained of ‘microaggressions’ and ‘implicit bias’

"During the fall 2018 semester at the University of Minnesota, an Asian-American student stopped by one of the restaurants in the Coffman Memorial Union to pick up a snack. 

At the register, a food service worker said something the student didn’t understand. 

When the student said they didn’t get it, the woman at the register said she was saying “hello” in Japanese, and asked where the student was from. 

“Wisconsin,” the student replied. 

The cashier laughed and told the student to have a nice day, but the student did not find much humor in the experience. 

The student reported the cashier to the campus Bias Response and Referral Network, claiming “these type of microaggressions occur too often on campus” and “this implicit bias needs to be addressed.”..."

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