In addition to Starbucks, Waffle House and Nordstrom, the latest company to showcase its blatant disdain for black patrons is a Fuego store in Washington state. Two black women were racially profiled in the Tacoma location of the novelty store chain when a white store manager deemed it appropriate to read the procedures for theft as one of the women tried on dresses.

In a video posted by Facebook user Simone Intrepid Gamble, viewers can see the aftermath of the incident where Gamble claimed the store manager and an employee told the two women to get out of the store for simply confronting the situation to get a better understanding. Security is then called due to their refusal to do so.

"So this just happened," Gamble wrote in her Facebook post. "I was in the dressing room and while in there the manger started talking about the procedures for theft. Mind you she was not on the floor when we first arrived to the store. I select dresses then tried them on. I was going to PURCHASE one of the dresses until I heard her speaking directly in front of my dressing room about theft procedures. I then got dressed and went to tell her I wanted to buy one of the dresses and confronted her about her implicit conversation right outside the curtain. She kicked us out of the store when I tried asking her why and she then said all of this…"

To add insult to injury, the manager took a jab at the women's education. When they said the manager claimed they were being "aggressive," she corrected them in a condescending tone.

“No, I said uncooperative. Uncooperative is the word I used," she said. "It’s an educated word that succinctly describes what’s happening here. I’ve asked you to leave and you have not left.”

Upon security's arrival, the two black women left the store and explained what happened.

The video, which has gone viral, has garnered over 220,000 views on Facebook. Fuego has yet to issue a statement.

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