Universal Orlando has settled a discrimination lawsuit last week with two families who alleged its employees dressed as Gru from Desp*cable Me used a hate symbol in photos taken with their black and Hispanic daughters. Court records do not disclose how much the company settled for.
Tiffiney and Richard Zinger, as well as Geisy Moreno and Joel Rodriguez said their children faced racial discrimination from costumed employees in separate instances at a resort hotel and theme park in early 2019, reports the Orlando Sentinel.
In one photo from March 2019, an employee dressed as Gru is seen holding a banana in one hand and making the “Okay” hand gesture with the other hand on the shoulder of the black child, referred to as J.Z. in court records.
In a second photo from February 2019,...