BY VIOLET JOHNSON
A Nigerian Muslim woman was sent home from her job in Fort Worth, Dallas, for wearing hijab to work on Monday.
Folake Adebola said she converted to Islam in August but started working at the Chicken Express restaurant in October. She’s been at the restaurant for about three months.
Although Monday was the first time she wore the hijab to work, Adebola said she told her employer she was a Muslim before she was employed.
“The job requires a specific uniform. That is not part of the specific uniform,” Adebola’s boss was seen telling her in a short clip she posted to her Twitter page.
“You as a paid employee cannot wear it.”
Adebola, a 22-year-old single mum whom CNN identified also as Stefane Coleman, said she felt “disrespected” and “upset” about the encounter.
