# Dunkin' Donuts: Reverse Stereotyping? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 7, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunkin-donuts-reverse-stereotyping/523995 "2010-01-07T04:02:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunkin-donuts-reverse-stereotyping/523995/61 "2010-01-08T08:07:09Z")
board ate my first post so here’s the quick and dirty Detroit suburb area, DD employees = india, 7-11 employees = white DD donuts kinda not so good now, go there for coffee type drinks _send coffee purists into shock_ ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2010, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunkin-donuts-reverse-stereotyping/523995/62 "2010-01-08T08:36:47Z")
I’ve absolutely noticed this. I am fucking _certain_ every single Dunkin Donuts in my city, _without exception_, is staffed by Asians with minimal English language skills :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Caveat\_lector\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@Caveat\_lector\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caveat_lector_1)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunkin-donuts-reverse-stereotyping/523995/63 "2010-01-09T19:07:23Z")
> [@HubZilla](#): > > I wasn’t aware that hot model chicks worked at Taco Bell! There was a model hot girl working at Chick-Fil-A with me when I was in high school so I suppose it is possible. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunkin-donuts-reverse-stereotyping/523995/64 "2010-01-09T20:28:57Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Dunkin Donuts is a chain from New England, the whitest region of the country. I’m not sure why the OP would expect people in the ads to differ from the ones behind the counter in most of the stores. The “West North Central” region is actually whiter (according to the 2000 Census) at 88.4% (vs 86.6%), but close enough. [http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t6/tables/tab02.pdf](http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t6/tables/tab02.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunkin-donuts-reverse-stereotyping/523995/65 "2010-01-09T23:48:25Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > Here in California, Cambodians owned some huge percentage of donut shops. Yeah, I suspect the OP is somehow related to this phenomenon. Over the past 15 years, I’ve lived in several different parts of the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Each place I’ve lived, there were probably 3 or 4 independent donut shops (I skip past the Dunkins) along my commute to work and I would eventually give them all a try. So about 25 different donut shops that I’ve tried, all in all. Every single one was owned/operated by Asians. Their donuts/sausage rolls/etc. were mostly excellent in quality and I never had trouble communicating with the people working there. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunkin-donuts-reverse-stereotyping/523995/66 "2010-01-10T00:38:38Z")
Just here to say YAY FOR DD, BOO TO KK! Edited to add that around here, WAAAY southern Cali, the doughnut shops are all mexican. Mexican doughnuts, mexican owners, mexican operators. And they’re awesome, better than any chain. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunkin-donuts-reverse-stereotyping/523995/67 "2010-01-10T00:41:21Z")
> [@butler1850](#): > > It all depends on where you are in New England. In most of the areas I travel, the staff’s verbal skills are fine… but all too often, near the “city-type” areas, Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, Salem NH, Nashua, Manchester, the verbal skills are non-existent in English. I haven’t been to Manchester or Nashua lately, but I’ve been to the DDs in Salem, Lawrence, and Haverhill, and while the staff isn’t white as often as the other stores I go to, they’ve all spoken understandable English when waiting on us. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dunkin-donuts-reverse-stereotyping/523995.md?page=3)