McDonald's President and CEO Chris Kempczinski is facing backlash after saying parents of shooting victims Jaslyn Adams and Adam Toledo failed them.
seemingly saying that the gun violence deaths of two Black and Latino children were the parents' fault, the Associated Press reported.
"With both, the parents failed those kids which I know is something you can't say," Kempczinski wrote to Lightfoot."Even harder to fix." Many Chicago groups have been protesting Kempczinski's statement, calling it racist and insensitive. Jaslyn Adams' mother has demanded an apology. AP reported that a coalition of community groups are calling for him to resign, protesting at the McDonald's where Adams was killed.
The community coalition, which called attention to other racial discrimination complaints the company has faced, called on the fast-food giant to create a $200 million fund over four years to improve life in Chicago, among other things. The group included immigrant rights activists, labor groups and churches.
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