I wake each morning to a radio station that says music for a crazy world I smile , roll over & then I get up because it is so true....Here is a bit of lunacy for you: ‘Shopping while black’: Teen arrested for buying expensive belt from Barneys by Lilly Workneh | October 23, 2013 at 12:50 PM Comments 149 Print Barneys A pedestrian passes Barneys New York. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) An African-American teen has filed a lawsuit against the high-end clothing store Barneys and the NYPD after he says he was hand cuffed for purchasing a $350 designer belt from one of their New York City locations. According to the New York Post, a Barneys clerk asked 19-year-old Trayon Christian for identification at the register. He reportedly did not believe the young man could afford the item. The clerk subsequently alerted the authorities. As Christian exited the store, undercover officers approached him and asked “how a young black man such as himself could afford to purchase such an expensive belt,” according to the suit. He was then arrested and taken to the local precinct. Prior to this, Christian had no arrest record. “His only crime was being a young black man,” his attorney, Michael Palillo, told the Post. Christian, who is a student at the NYC College of Technology, purchased the Salvatore Ferragamo belt in April after he saved money he earned from his part-time job. His lawsuit was reportedly filed on Tuesday in Manhattan, which says that Christian gave officers his identification, Chase debit card and the receipt from his purchase. “In spite of producing such documentation, Christian was told that his identification was false and that he could not afford to make such an expensive purchase,” the suit says, according to the Post. Officers called Chase bank to verify the card’s owner and eventually released Christian once confirmation was received. Christian told the paper that he returned the belt and says he will never shop at Barneys again. Black ex-Hooters waitress alleges she was fired because of hair color by Carrie Healey | October 23, 2013 at 11:30 AM Comments 15 Print Farryn Johnson (14News) Farryn Johnson (14News) A black former waitress at a Baltimore Hooters is claiming she was fired due to the blonde highlights she put in her hair. Farryn Johnson told WJZ that white waitresses are allowed to have highlights in their hair, but the African-American waitresses are not. “They gave me write-ups and they told me I need to take the color out of my hair,” the 25-year-old said. “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.’” The former waitress reportedly hired a lawyer and filed a racial discrimination complaint with the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights. Hooters has declined to comment, pending the current litigation. I remember when a Black stewardess was fired for coming to work with braids!
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