A supermarket employee in Florida says he quit working for Publix when he was told he could not wear a Black Lives Matter protective mask.
Quentin Desamours, 18, who worked at a Publix store in Lehigh Acres, told the Fort Myers News-Press that he had only worked there for a month and a half before he left his job.
"We have to make people uncomfortable to get change,” said Desamours.
Maria Brous, spokesperson for Publix, said that employees are allowed to wear medical, surgical and dust masks along with facial coverings until they get uniform masks.
In an interview on a WFLA podcast, Desamours, who only recently graduated high school, said that a Publix district manager called him and apologized and that his job would still be available, but he declined.
