Ethnicity

We (verbally) hired our first employee today.  A milestone!
I love her attitude, I think she will really help us with the service levels and hospitality of the restaurant.  Question I have is will she fit the "american casual dining" concept, or a better question, can customers associate her with the "american casual dining" concept, or will her ethnicity (Indian) and her demonstration of that ethnicity be an issue?

I want to say no, it's all about the service.  But Singaporeans (as with any one, really) can be racist and judge people by their covers.  It's this kind of stuff that I may need to be more sensitive to.

A similar potential issue would be hiring a Muslim to manage a kitchen or manage a restaurant that is focussed on pork.  Even if the they have no issue with handling that meat, would we have an image problem and be disrespectful to the wider community by having that person in the restaurant.

We should never discriminate based on religion, let's hope it doesn't become too much of a sticking point.