I have been a customer of Denker Laundry for the last year, and 4 months ago I began to notice how they’re having a negative impacted on the surrounding neighborhood. Los Angeles is perfect, however, racism is not welcome here and will not be tolerated. On February 2, 2020 I was harassed and called a "miata,” which translates to "n****r” in English, by three Latino employees.
This came after the eldest of the three employees, had an attitude with me for requesting to use the restroom after I had loaded my clothing into the washing machines. I didn’t notice the negative chatter until I walked back into the building to move my wet clothing into the dryers. I could hear the two older & 1 young female employees talking about with another male customer.
The two older employees stood by the entrance of the building staring at me sitting in my car until my clothes were done & I left. When I came back the next day to speak with the owner, I was told by a man named Marco "... no one knows the owner just the manager.” Another Latino female was present as well. I still asked to speak with the manager.
An Indian man named Hassan Khan came out of an office, and I told him what happened the prior business day. I described each employee involved, and one of them was present; her name is Rosa. Rosa doesn’t speak English, so the other Latino woman present translated for her. Rosa did not deny what happened, but insisted that she was the only working on the clock that day.
I asked who were the other two females that she was laughing with, but she did not answer the question. The manager Hasan chimed in twice, only to assert that they may have been customers. Hasan went on to say ".. we can’t control the behavior of others.” The manager Hasan Khan disregarded my complaint of racism, and failed to acknowledge or even ensure that he would do a full investigation of what happened.
This laundromat has already had all of their windows facing Florence Avenue broken, about a month ago. There are multiple grade schools within a couple of miles of this business, and I believe this business is adding to the violence within the immediate area. The Denker Laundromat is Indian owned and Latino operated, and they’re racist behavior towards the Black residents in this neighborhood is unacceptable.
They do not give back to our community in anyway, they only add negativity. A citation would only be a slap on the wrist, we do not want them here.
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I have been a customer of Denker Laundry for the last year, and 4 months ago I began to notice how they’re having a negative impacted on the surrounding neighborhood. Los Angeles is perfect, however, racism is not welcome here and will not be tolerated. On February 2, 2020 I was harassed and called a "miata,” which translates to "n****r” in English, by three Latino employees.
This came after the eldest of the three employees, had an attitude with me for requesting to use the restroom after I had loaded my clothing into the washing machines. I didn’t notice the negative chatter until I walked back into the building to move my wet clothing into the dryers. I could hear the two older & 1 young female employees talking about with another male customer.
The two older employees stood by the entrance of the building staring at me sitting in my car until my clothes were done & I left. When I came back the next day to speak with the owner, I was told by a man named Marco "... no one knows the owner just the manager.” Another Latino female was present as well. I still asked to speak with the manager.
An Indian man named Hassan Khan came out of an office, and I told him what happened the prior business day. I described each employee involved, and one of them was present; her name is Rosa. Rosa doesn’t speak English, so the other Latino woman present translated for her. Rosa did not deny what happened, but insisted that she was the only working on the clock that day.
I asked who were the other two females that she was laughing with, but she did not answer the question. The manager Hasan chimed in twice, only to assert that they may have been customers. Hasan went on to say ".. we can’t control the behavior of others.” The manager Hasan Khan disregarded my complaint of racism, and failed to acknowledge or even ensure that he would do a full investigation of what happened.
This laundromat has already had all of their windows facing Florence Avenue broken, about a month ago. There are multiple grade schools within a couple of miles of this business, and I believe this business is adding to the violence within the immediate area. The Denker Laundromat is Indian owned and Latino operated, and they’re racist behavior towards the Black residents in this neighborhood is unacceptable.
They do not give back to our community in anyway, they only add negativity. A citation would only be a slap on the wrist, we do not want them here.