A New Jersey mom is accusing Chuck E. Cheese of racial discrimination.
Umm Safa tweeted on Aug. 1, claiming that her 2-year-old daughter was “racially disregarded” by Chuck E. Cheese Wayne in New Jersey.
In the following video she posted to Twitter, the mouse character Chuck E. Cheese at the family entertainment center and pizza restaurant appears to high-five several white children standing on a stage, but doesn’t seem to respond to a Black toddler who is seen excitedly jumping up and down next to the mascot.
Safa added, “As You Can See, He Gives All of The.” [white] kids hi-5s & PURPOSELY ignored my black baby.”
Safa claimed that she reported the incident the restaurant’s employees but was ignored. She also shared a photo of her daughter and the Chuck E. Cheese mascot posing together, which she said management “insisted” they take after apologizing that the mouse was “not able to see her.”