An African-American waitress was fired after restaurant management said her hair wasn't at its "natural" color.

Farryn Johnson, a 25-year-old employee at the Baltimore Inner Harbor Hooters restaurant, is accusing the eatery of racial discrimination after she claimed the restaurant fired her for her blonde hair highlights. According to CBS Baltimore, the waitress was let go after her hair color allegedly violated waitress image standards. However, she notes that the restaurant only disallows black women to wear hair color.

"They gave me write-ups and they told me I need to take the color out of my hair. And they said I couldn't have blonde in my hair because I'm black. They specifically said, 'Black women don't have blonde in their hair, so you need to take it out,'" Johnson told CBS.

She also added that all other white "Hooters Girls" have highlights, but have not been reprimanded by the management. This has pushed her to file a complaint with the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights.

"My other co-workers, they all had different colors in their hair, like red and blonde highlights. I didn't think it would be an issue," she explained.

The Inquisitr says that Johnson received the memo in June, but after declining to change her hair color, she was fired in August.

Represented by Attorney Jessica Weber, Johnson's lawyer says this standard Hooters is implementing goes against federal and state laws.

"What's wrong is that both federal and state law clearly say employers can't impose two separate and distinct rules governing employee standards - one for African-American employees and one for everyone else. And that's clearly what Hooters did here," Weber told CBS.

Hooters, on the other hand, clarifies that they do not have different standards and policies based on race. They explain that they just want their girls to be "camera-ready at all times."

"When you're representing an iconic brand there are standards to follow. Hooters Girls are required to be camera-ready at all times to promote the glamorous, wholesome look for which Hooters is known. Hooters adamantly denies that it has different policies and standards for hair based on race. As a global brand, Hooters embraces our culturally diverse employee base and our standards are applied impartially," Hooters Chief Human Resource Rebecca Sinclair explained, reports the Inquisitr.

CBS Baltimore notes that Johnson's complaint is now with the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights and may take months to investigate.