On Halloween, a White female employee at a Burger King drive-through in Faribault, Minnesota, was captured wearing blackface while in her uniform, cap, and headset. A Black customer filmed her and uploaded the video to Facebook.The employee was heard saying:“I am just Black today.”When asked if she thought the look was appropriate, the Burger King staff replied:“As long as you have a good heart.”Burger King reportedly released a statement regarding the incident to ABC 6 affiliate kaaltv.com:“We are aware of the video and take the matter very seriously. The Franchisee of this location is addressing the situation with his team, manager, and Team Member to ensure everyone involved understands why this is not acceptable and won’t happen again.”The employee was also asked in the video whether she supported the Black Lives Matter movement or was aware of the struggles of Black people. She responded:“Well, no. I just wanted to be Black… No... Yes, I do. I mean, no. I don't. No, I don't.”The Burger King website and social media do not show any statement yet. Rumors that the employee was fired are fake.Exploring similar controversies faced by Burger King in the pastIn 2012, singer, songwriter, and actress Mary J. Blige was accused of appearing in a stereotypical Burger King ad where she sang and promoted chicken snack wraps. The fast-food chain immediately pulled the ad and apologized for airing it prematurely. They also claimed the spot was unfinished and that there was a music licensing issue.Blige also apologized that the ad didn’t come across the way it was supposed to and that she would never release an unfinished spot.In 2019, a Korean woman living in New Zealand named Maria Mo posted an ad clip on X that showed white people using oversized chopsticks to eat a new “Vietnamese” burger. It was captioned:“So, this is the new Burger King ad for a ‘Vietnamese’ burger. Ok, coolcoolcoolcoolcool, CHOPSTICKS R HILARIOUS, right, omg, etc… I'm so sick of racism of any kind. Of the kind that makes fun of different cultures. Say no to every single manifestation of it.”Back then, a spokesperson for the burger joint told the BBC:“The ad in question is insensitive and does not reflect our brand values regarding diversity and inclusion.”They also pulled the ad from the New Zealand-specific Instagram account.In 2024, a Black woman in Austin, Texas, accused the fast-food chain of putting a racial slur on her receipt after she asked for a refund on a wrong order. The incident happened at the North Lamar Boulevard drive-through, where the customer ordered a fiery wrap and small fries.“They made my order wrong, so I let them know the food was messed up. ‘Do you mind fixing it, or can I get something else?’ And at first, he was like, ‘No’, and I was like, ‘ok, can I just get my money back?’”The Black customer told Fox 7 that the employee refunded her but declined to give her a receipt. When she insisted, another employee handed her the “customer copy.”“I got the receipt, I drove out of the drive-through, but as soon as I came around the corner I looked down on the receipt… It said the reason that he basically refunded me was because I was an n-word… I went in there and I confronted them. He said he was a manager, but he wouldn't give me his name, corporate number, nothing, and he ran off when I tried to get all the information," the customer claimed.She added:“He definitely intentionally put it on there. That is why he did not want to give me the receipt; something definitely needs to happen because no one should feel the way I feel right now… It was very, very devastating, just to think that we are still going through that in today’s times. As a black woman, it was just a lot. I will never go back to Burger King again.”The American hamburger joint did not issue a statement at the time.