A case filed in U.S. District Court last October by two Black McDonald s franchisees was dismissed this week because the judge said the pair failed to provide the facts needed to back up their allegations against the Chicago-based QSR company, according to Insurance Journal.
Judge Harry D.
Power and Pride to the People!
By Ben Jealous
Ben Jealous (Courtesy photo)
June has become the traditional month for Pride celebrations in honor of the gay and transgender people, including Black and brown gay liberation and transgender rights activists like Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, who fought back against harassment and abusive policing in June 1969. These protests became known as the Stonewall riots. They energized the LGBTQ rights movement and gave momentum to the demands for full equality for LGBTQ Americans.
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Over the years, voices of clarity and conscience moved the civil and human rights movement to fully embrace the cause of LGBTQ equality. My mentor, the late civil rights champion Julian Bond, was clear that fighting for equality means fighting for equality for everyone. He knew that Bayard Rustin, the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, was a gay Black man who changed history.
A federal judge in northern Illinois has dismissed a racial discrimination lawsuit brought by African-American McDonald's franchisees accusing McDonald's
Gabriel Hament
America draws its strength from our collective belief in the pursuit of justice through the rule of law. Evidence of the value our nation places on ensuring every citizen has the opportunity to create their version of the American Dream – safely, free of discrimination and violence – can be found in the myriad state and federal laws criminalizing bias-motivated crimes.
This category of violent crime – commonly referred to as “hate crimes” – is an assault or battery animated by enmity toward victims’ real or perceived characteristics (e.g. race, gender) or association with a group (e.g. religious affiliation, national origin).