by Violet Ikonomova Christine Turner (Photo: Facebook) Detroit restaurant Green Dot Stables is under fire for terminating a Black server who says she was accused of offending white coworkers with a joke about her own racial identity. Protesters gathered at the Corktown slider oupost Monday after Christine Turner, 34, said she was let go for playfully referring to light-skinned motherfuckers in an exchange with a cook who was giving her a hard time. The comment, a reference to light-skinned Black people, played on a stereotype about their being uppity, Turner said. She and the cook are both light-skinned, but white women servers in the vicinity took offense and complained of discrimination, Turner said she was informed during her Saturday termination. She had been with the restaurant just several weeks.
The hot chicken sandwich In April last year, when the pandemic was already looking ferocious, the owners of the new Yellow Light Coffee & Donuts rolled the dice and opened at 14447 E. Jefferson Ave. in the Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood on Detroit s east side. Thankfully, it has a drive-thru. The dining area has yet to open. The joint is a creation of Green Dot Stables and Johnny Noodle King co-owners Jacques and Christine Driscoll, along with Niko Dimitrijevic. At first, because of Covid, they just served bags of coffee to-go. Shortly after, they opend for limited hours for coffee and bean orders and made donuts on the weekend. Some of the out-of-the-orindary donuts include brown butter plaintain, mint chocolate chip, hibiscus lime and cherry almond.