By Chris Hoenig
First, it was Barneys. Then came a lawsuit against Macy’s. Now, Alexander McQueen is the latest New York City retailer to be sued for racial discrimination.
Moselle Blanco has filed a civil lawsuit against the design house’s West 14th Street boutique, claiming that her boss called her “burrito face,” “taco smoke” and “Goya princess,” which damaged “her ability to close additional sales with her clients.” In the suit, Blanco says that she suffered through “a persistent barrage of offensive comments based on her race and national origin,” including a comment from retail sales manager Max Cantey that “she had greasy hands like a Mexican and that he did not want any product to ‘get messy.'”
