MARYLAND — A Black waitress in Maryland is making headlines after filing several complaints claiming that she was only allowed to serve Black patrons at a local Applebees.

Courtney Haywood, 27, of Towson, Maryland, filed a discrimination lawsuit against the restaurant after being fired earlier this year.

Haywood, a single mother and Towson University student, says new management took over the restaurant this year and the establishment was “shot to hell.”

According to her, Black customers predominantly occupied the tables she was assigned to serve and she noticed several of her fellow employees asking that Black patrons not be sat in their sections.

Haywood’s racial discrimination complaint was filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.