Racist chef forced to pay $54,000 for comments about black customers

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ghetto-virginia-food-hall-owner-mocks-black-customers-and-staff-now-he-s-the-one-paying-up-after-discrimination-lawsuit-blows-back-on-him/ar-AA1Za8RA

Can you believe it? Black customers succesfully sued a Korean chef for making offensive and racist comments.
He called black customers the N-word and told a black employee to speak to rowdy black guests, " “Because you look like you speak thug language.”".
Is this Korean chef based?