A Hooters restaurant in North Carolina has been accused of racial discrimination in a lawsuit, which said managers made jokes about Black workers' hairstyles and appearances

• The EEOC has sued a Hooters in North Carolina, accusing the restaurant of racial discrimination.
• Managers joked about the appearance of staff who were Black or had dark skin tones, the suit alleged.
• Managers also gave preferential treatment to servers who were white or lighter skinned, the suit alleged.

A US government body has sued a Hooters restaurant in North Carolina for racial discrimination, accusing it of treating women with darker skin tones unfairly and laying almost all of them off during the pandemic.