Go Back To Mexico!: Two Customers Tell A Burger King Manager For Speaking Spanish

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Just a few words in Spanish were enough to unleash the fury of two clients of the Burger King restaurant against the manager of the establishment in Eustis, Florida, about 40 miles north of Orlando.

The video of two women insulting the employee of the fast food restaurant went viral because of the use of their words.

"Go back to Mexico if you want to continue speaking in Spanish," you hear a woman sitting with her food saying to the manager.

Guess what, ma'am? I'm not Mexican,”said Ricardo Castillo, of Puerto Rican descent. "You are prejudiced and I want you out of my restaurant right now."

In the clip, Castillo is seen arguing with the women and defending their right to speak Spanish as a Puerto Rican-American.

"When I heard 'You can't speak Spanish in public,' I grabbed my phone and said, 'Wait,'" Neyzha Borrero told NBC News, who recorded the word exchange on video.

Borrero began recording from his seat before moving to see the two women arguing with Castillo.

Borrero said that she is from Puerto Rico and was not surprised by what happened.

"I am able to speak English and Spanish," said Borrero. “There are people who can speak other languages. They should not feel discriminated against in their country. They should be proud to be able to learn another language and get in touch with more people.”

Castillo later said he had been speaking in Spanish to an employee. The women said they had a complaint, but he did not know what it was about, which resulted in an exchange of words.