Racist comments on social media spur Twin Cities businesses to drop Holy Land products

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The posts, since deleted, were from the owner's daughter, who was on staff.

By Staff reports JUNE 5, 2020 — 11:12AM



A popular local food business was confronted on Thursday by racist social media postings written by one of its key employees.

Majdi Wadi, CEO of Holy Land Brand Inc., which operates a Middle Eastern grocery store, restaurant and deli in northeast Minneapolis, apologized for the 2016 posting and revealed that it was written by his daughter, Lianne Wadi, the company’s catering director. She was fired.

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Lianne Wadi issued her own apology via Instagram.

“I was a teenager at the time (although my youth is not an excuse) and wasn’t educated on how the words I chose would affect and offend others, including myself,” she wrote. “Over the years, I have grown and I have took it upon myself to learn and understand how my words and actions can affect other people.”

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After their apologies were posted, an additional series of racist, anti-Semitic and pro-Hitler postings were revealed on a Twitter account with the name @LianneWadi. That account has been deleted.

https://www.startribune.com/twin-cities-businesses-drop-holy-land-products-after-reveal-of-racist-comments-on-social-media/571045542/

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I'm betting she was ranting about the West Bank and Gaza, but hatred begets hatred and everybody loses.

[Jirel]

1. Don't make assumptions.

I saw photos of her tweets this morning. She had 3 enemies in her tweets - black people, Jews, and “fats.” She is despicable.