One of the main causes of discrimination or racism in Mexico is due to appearance and/or clothing.
Last year the Sonora Grill restaurant was accused of discrimination with its diners.
Discrimination in restaurants can take many forms, from rejecting customers based on their appearance, sexual orientation, gender, race, religion, and more.
A Mexican woman has publicly exposed the discrimination she experienced in several nightclubs in Paris, because simply realizing her origin, they denied her entry, using various pretexts that the girl evidently detected as pretexts for not letting her pass.
Discrimination in restaurants
Clubs are places where people come together to enjoy good company and music, but for some people, the experience can be overwhelming due to discrimination. Discrimination can take many forms, from rejecting clients based on their appearance, sexual orientation, gender, race, religion, and more. Even though discrimination is illegal, it still happens all too often in restaurants.
In Mexico, the discrimination is something that unfortunately happens frequently, the restaurant that has given rise to talk about discrimination, is Sonora Grill, because it was in August of last year when said place was accused of accommodating its diners in different areas, depending on their skin color. Given this, the current Head of Government of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaumannounced that there will be “strong sanctions” in order to eradicate this root problem.
“A resolution on the issue of Sonora Grill is going to come, important because there has not been the cooperation that was expected. And both in commercial establishments, and in the case of people, Discrimination should not be tolerated in any way. There is no cooperation and it cannot be, there is clear evidence of discrimination. There will be the sanction that has to be, this is a city of rights and there can be no discrimination, ”said the head of government.
in matters of discrimination or racism in Mexicoone of the main causes for which people are discriminated against is precisely because of their appearance and/or clothing, according to the National Survey on Discrimination 2017, of the INEGI.