Racial Discrimination

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June 4, 2013
NBC DFW - A black city employee in Fort Worth claims he was cheated out of promotions, stereotyped, and subjected…
August 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The St. Paul Public School District and Timothy Olmsted, 6th grade teacher at the Heights Community School…
August 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - In a recent hearing, The Ohio Civil Rights Commission has ruled a Cincinnati landlord discriminated against an…
July 23, 2012
FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. (AP) - As sales declines deepen, teen retailer Wet Seal Inc. is firing CEO Susan McGalla without…
July 22, 2012
A pair of former Bank of America and Cantor Fitzgerald have filed lawsuits against the finance giants, claiming the companies…
June 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A sports bar in Raleigh North Carolina has sparked outrage by denying entry to black customers repeatedly…
June 6, 2012
OPINION - According to the defendants, it's their right not to cast people of color, and they won't be forced…
May 30, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - More than two dozen black pilots at United Airlines allege they are being passed over for management…
May 18, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting an…
May 3, 2012
The ex-employee of Orlo Salon claims her manager would continually disrespect and insult African-American hair...
April 2, 2012
Tyler Perry recently posted a detailed account to his personal Facebook page of his last experience being racial profiled by…
March 26, 2012
VIDEO - On her show Saturday, Harris-Perry's comments took a turn toward the sarcastic when she debuted her 'MHP Dress…
February 22, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - It you watch the surveillance video carefully, you'll also see that Austin officers did not use excessive…
January 25, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A jury awarded $465,000 to a Muslim security guard who says his co-workers and supervisors called…
January 11, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pepsi Beverages Co. will pay $3.1 million to settle federal charges of race discrimination for using criminal…
December 22, 2011
OPINION - Bank of America, who purchased Countrywide Financial Corporation in 2008, recently agreed to pay $355 million to settle…
July 27, 2011
ERIE, Pa. (AP) - A federal judge says a black trucker's lawsuit against a Burger King franchise in northwestern Pennsylvania…
May 24, 2011
The findings, say the authors, show that America has not achieved the "post-racial" society that some predicted in the wake…
February 7, 2011
WEB RUNDOWN - "There's an ominous message behind it," lawyer Stephen Jackson said of the nearly 3-foot-long noose ...