The controversy swells in Paris, in the heart of the beautiful districts. A few days ago, a TikTok video showed a group of black women being turned away at the entrance to Manko, this neo-Peruvian restaurant by Gastón Acurio located in the basement of the Montaigne theater, avenue Montaigne, in the 8th arrondissement. of the capital.
“You will refuse African people at the slightest pretext“
At the microphone of BFM-TV, this Monday, July 25, the security guard of the establishment, who was singled out, broke the silence. He assures our colleagues that he received the instructions through his “managers” and “in accordance with company policy. not “not let many Africans or North Africans come in”. And to add about the repression to the facies that he had already led to accusations of racism in the past. Previously, he would have been told “you will refuse African people at the slightest pretext”. Since the beginning of the scandal, the latter no longer works for Manko.
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The management reacted immediately to these serious accusations and, as reported by the Parisiandefended:Manko’s identity is brewing“. And to add that “many employees are in shock”, after this exit from the vigil. Avenue Montaigne, we denounce indeed: “We can only accept to clear himself the guard professes vague and unsupported accusations. The subject is too serious, we ask him to be consistent and to reveal the identity of the people he accuses”.
And to add:We would like to remind you that there has never been an alert on such a fact it is possible that there have been failures in the transmission of information”.
Manko wants to appeal to an anti-racist association
While the establishment is under fire from critics, a meeting was organized internally during which the need to ensure that “that no discrimination be committed“. While a judicial inquiry is underway, the Manko group has said it is ready to shed light on this affair and has even planned to call on an anti-racist association to “carry out an independent investigation and testing actions”, explains the daily, namely trying to enter the restaurant anonymously. Case to follow.
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