What are the similarities and differences between the race and sexual orientation concerns that existed at Cracker Barrel?

The similarities between these cases were that both had discrimination against a group of people. In both cases we see how the employees and the company discriminated against these group of people only because of their sexual preference and race. In general, it was a case of discrimination that created a lot of backlash to the company in the public eye.

The differences between these cases is that in the sexual preference one, the CEO of Cracker Barrel made the statement that "he will prohibit the hiring of any individual whose sexual preferences fail to demonstrate normal heterosexual values". And in the racial one, there were some establishments that discriminated against minority customers. In some statements, customers told that they were "racially segregated" whether if it was in seating or service quality.