An Air Force member says she was called 'distasteful' because she spoke Spanish while in uniform.
Xiara Mercado was making a routine coffee stop when she was accused of disrespecting the very country she serves to protect because she spoke Spanish while in uniform.that has been shared more than 50,000 times, Mercado, an Air Force airman, describes how she was accosted by a woman at a Starbucks in Hawaii, where Mercado is stationed, on July 17 who took offense to her speaking Spanish during a private phone call.
She wrote that she responded to the woman by saying,"I'm sorry ma'am the only distasteful thing here is that you are clueless to your discrimination, please educate your self. Have a nice day" But this was the first time Mercado encountered prejudice while wearing her Air Force uniform — a career she has aspired to since she was a little girl.
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