A coffee shop owner in the US has been fired from his role after leaving a derogatory comment on a post by social justice warrior LeBron James, with bosses axing him over three “inappropriate and uncalled for” words and an emoji.
Stephen Bruno Jr, who ran a branch of popular chain PJ’s in Louisiana, unwisely reacted to a status update by the Los Angeles Lakers talisman.
When James called for his vast audience to help “protect our young black women and men”, the franchisee replied by curtly telling him to eat an eggplant emoji – interpreted by most as a reference to a…
