An attorney representing multiracial family members, who say they were asked to move their seats in a Naperville restaurant because two white patrons didn’t want to sit next to them, says Buffalo Wild Wings must take steps to ensure something like this never happens again.
“We’re looking to try and make sure that we do everything we can to keep the lines of communication open with Buffalo Wild Wings because we are hoping, in fact, we are expecting, that they will be good corporate citizens and that they will take this opportunity to do the right thing,” attorney Cannon Lambert said Tuesday at a news conference in Aurora.
“They have an opportunity to be trailblazers right now where they can show other corporate community participants what it is to stand up to racism.”
Lambert said family members were not surprised the company fired the two managers involved in the case, nor that the company has indicated it will institute sensitivity training, They are, however, surprised such training isn’t already in place.
Lambert said the family does not plan to file a lawsuit because “there is no need to file a lawsuit if there’s no disagreement.”
Mary and Justin Vahl of Montgomery say they were among a group of 18 diners, most of them black, who were asked to change tables Oct. 26 at a Buffalo Wild Wings on 75th Street in Naperville.
The Vahls say their group was asked to move because two other customers didn’t want to sit near them.
The Vahls said a host at the restaurant asked “What race are you guys?” before seating the group. They said the group left after two managers later asked them to move.
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