Become a Member ![\\"snopes](\\"/design/images/logo-main.png\\"/) Search My Profile Logout Submit a Rumor Latest Trending News & Politics Entertainment Fact Checks Quiz Sections Latest Trending Fact Checks News Collections More Contact Us Submit a Rumor Archives Quiz FactBot Newsletters About Us Categories News & Politics Entertainment Science & Technology Lifestyle Free accounts support our journalism Become a Member Login My Profile Logout ![\\"republican_symbol\\"](\\"/design/images/republican_symbol.png\\"/) Snopes fact-checked the vice presidential debate live! Read more here ![\\"democrat_symbol\\"](\\"/design/images/democrat_symbol.png\\"/) Fact Check # No, McDonald\'s Isn\'t Charging a \'Caucasian\' Service Fee ## A faked image mocked up to look like a message from the restaurant chain circulated online. ### Bethania Palma ### Published Jan. 23, 2022 ![\\"](\\" of-Rating-Overlay-FEATURED-IMG-5.jpg\\") Image courtesy of Wikipedia Claim: McDonald\'s is charging Caucasian customers a $1.50 service fee. Rating: False About this rating > Curious about how Snopes\' writers verify information and craft their > stories for public consumption? We\'ve collected some posts that help > explain how we do what we do. Happy reading and let us know what else you > might be interested in knowing. In January 2022, an image circulated online allegedly alerting Caucasian customers of the fast food chain McDonald\'s that they would be required to pay an additional fee: Advertisement: ![\\"\\"](\\" Advertisement: The text included in the image above, which includes the McDonald\'s logo, reads: \"As an insurance measure, due in part to the recent coup attempt of the Capital (sic) earlier this year, all Caucasian customers are required to pay an additional fee of $1.50 per transaction.\" McDonald\'s has no such policy, but the image appears to be a variation of a similar internet post. In 2012, a similar image with similar wording circulated online claiming that McDonald\'s was instituting an additional $1.50 fee on Black customers. #### Sources Mikkelson, David. \"FACT CHECK: Did a McDonald’s Impose a Surcharge on African-American Customers to Cover Robbery Insurance?” Snopes, 24 Jan. 2012, ### By Bethania Palma Bethania Palma is a journalist from the Los Angeles area who started her career as a daily newspaper reporter and has covered everything from crime to government to national politics. She has written for ... read more Recommendations Advertisement: ![\\"Snopes.com\\"](\\"/design/images/logo-main.png\\") Company About Us FAQs Contact Us Submit a Topic Navigate Home Search Archive Newsletters Random Sections Latest Top Fact Checks News Account Join Login Game FactBot Like Us on Facebook Follow Us on Twitter © 1995 - 2024 by Snopes Media Group Inc. This material may not be reproduced without permission. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com Terms of Use Privacy Policy DMCA Policy
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