That's Crazy!  Where?  What City?  I have never been exposed to that kind of Racism, I would definately boycott also....



We are not too sure. We think it was somewhere in California.




Cat

Carlos' Puerto Rican cousin and his "white" wife went in one time. They were not served.


Was it because he was Puerto Rican, or that they didn't like interracial relationships?

Was it because he was Puerto Rican, or that they didn't like interracial relationships?



Don't know and what difference does it make? Whether they were discriminating against his race or their interracial relationship-it is STILL discrimination!!!




Cat

The funny thing is that my cousin isn't all that dark, just looks well tanned.

Michael Moore.

I have never publically boycotted anything, but I did sign a petition about 10 years ago against Bounce fabric softner because it use to cause numerous bladder infections for me and my mother and I guess many women around the country were having the same problem.

I tend to stay away from certain places, if I can - So, I don't really boycott, but lets say I'm not their biggest customer -

Denny's
McDonalds
Wal-Mart (I'd take K-Mart over Wal-Mart)
Sizzler (always poor service no matter what!)


That's all I can think of at the moment..

The MAN. >:-{

The MAN. >:-{




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Why Denny's?


I had a friend who waitressed at Dennys, for a short time.  She said that the basically told you not to wait
on African Americans.  She refused to go along with the policy, and the Dennys she worked at didn't really buy into it, but she said it was part of management strategy.  This case broke the camels back


Dyson, et al. v. Denny's, Inc.

On April 1, 1993, six African-American on-duty officers in the U.S. Secret Service were refused service for more than an hour when they attempted to order breakfast. Meanwhile, their white fellow officers at a nearby table were served without incident.

After the six officers filed suit, thousands of other customers reported that they had experienced similar discriminatory incidents at Denny's Restaurants nationwide.

Eventually, the suit involved class members in 49 states. On May 24, 1994, Denny's and 18 named plaintiffs settled the case for a record $17.725 million. Each officer received $35,000, and the other named plaintiffs received $15,000. In all, checks were mailed to more than 130,000 class members, making this the largest class action settlement distribution to date in a public accommodations discrimination case.

In addition, Denny's signed a consent decree, which placed the corporation under an extensive court order to provide nondiscrimination training to its employees and to monitor and report future instances of discrimination. John Relman was co-lead counsel in this class action lawsuit, which was brought on behalf of the plaintiffs by the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, with the assistance of the law firm of Hogan & Hartson. The suit received extensive press coverage, including The New York Times Magazine (Nov. 6, 1994) cover story.

    * "Denny's Restaurants to pay $54 million in bias suits," The New York Times (May 25, 1994)

    * "Plaintiffs enjoy an anti-bias victory," The Washington Post (May 25, 1994)

    * "Denny's gets a bill for the side orders of bigotry," The New York Times (May 29, 1994)

* "Service with a sneer," The New York Times Magazine

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