"On Saturday, Heidi Grubbs told Examiner.com in an exclusive interview that she was fired from her job at a Belk outlet in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Making matters worse, she was banned from the mall where she worked for a full year. She was fired and banned for her outspoken criticism of Islam, she said. Part of the problem was a sign critical of Islam she had in her car window.
Woman says she was fired and banned from Chattanooga's Northgate Mall for strong criticism of Islam.
"Grubbs did not deny that she made overly strong comments regarding Islam while at work, but, she said, the comments were part of a private conversation with a friend. Nevertheless, store management apparently did not approve and terminated her.
" 'Heidi, You have seriously violated our policy which clearly prohibits harassments (sic) of our associates and customers for their religious affiliations and their national origin by displaying your signs on our parking lot and sending your disparaging texts to our associates," said the termination notice Grubbs provided to Examiner. "What you have done is highly offensive and intolerable. For that reason you are being terminated immediately.' " . . .
“There is another class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs -- partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs.”
