AutoZone worker: Customer unleashed racist tirade and I got fired [View all]

After being fired from an AutoZone in South Georgia, a woman is suing its parent company — AutoZoners, LLC — for unlawful discrimination based on her race.

The suit was filed by the woman’s attorney, Ian E. Smith, on Tuesday in the United States District Court in Atlanta. The woman claims that her rights under the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1991 were violated.

According to the suit, the woman — who is African American — says she was fired after an incident where a white male customer shouted racist language and curse words at her. The woman, employed as a driver and sales associate for the company for a little less than a year, claims that the district manager told her to ignore the racist language and to “suck it up.”

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is not identifying the woman because she claims she was a victim of racism.

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