What stood between two women and their order of Whoppers and fries at a Florida Burger King was racism.
A resurfaced video captured a verbal confrontation between two older women and restaurant manager Richard Castillo. The incident happened in 2019, but the video has re-emerged on social media in mid-September as immigration and ICE enforcement remain a major focus of national debate.
The video begins with one woman telling Castillo to “go back to Mexico” after she hears him speaking Spanish.
“Go back to Mexico if you want to keep speaking Spanish,” she said, “go back to your Mexican country.”
Castillo, who is of Puerto Rican descent, first corrected her and then served up a side of righteous outrage.
“I’m not Mexican, I’m not Mexican, but you’re being very prejudiced, and I want you out of my restaurant, right now,” he told the defiant women.
At first, they refused to leave until they finished their meal, prompting Castillo to threaten to call the police and report them for trespassing. He also told the shocked women that the owner of that franchise is Mexican.
When the women doubled down, saying “But he only speaks English,” Castillo fired back, “He does not! You’re very inconsiderate, and you’re very rude.”
He then added, “Excuse me, are you telling me not to speak my native language? You’re being really prejudiced, ma’am.”
The two women eventually leave, but a bystander’s video captured the entire exchange. That footage has now resurfaced online, giving the 2019 confrontation a second life on social media.
Many people in Atlanta Black Star’s comment section praised the manager for standing up to the women.
“Bravo to him…that’s right…get to steppin ladies, “You ain’t welcome here anymore,” one user wrote.
Another agreed saying, “Give that man a promotion. He handled it the best way possible.”
At the time, Burger King issued a statement saying, “There is no place for discrimination in our restaurants.”
