mia is a brown-skinned latina who works the morning shift as a waitress at the waterville diner. mia is later assigned the night shift, and elena, a light-skinned latina who is a new employee at the diner, replaces mia in the morning shift. when mia complains to the manager that according to the company's policy, only new employees who are in training are assigned night shifts, the manager says that he would be willing to reconsider his decision