NAACP FILES RACIAL DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AGAINST FRIENDLY'S RESTAURANT(thanks to Fast Fred for making us aware of this)
The NAACP, the Conway, S.C. Branch of the NAACP and a Maryland resident have filed a class action lawsuit against a major family restaurant chain for racially discriminatory practices at one of its Myrtle Beach, S.C. restaurants.
The lawsuit challenges Friendly's Ice Cream Corporation, local franchisee, Myrtle Beach Friends Boulevard LLC, and the franchisee owners for discriminating against African Americans by closing the Ocean Boulevard location during every Black Bike Week from 2000 through 2005.
The lawsuit arises from different treatment of two large motorcycle events held each May in Myrtle Beach. In mid-May, thousands of white motorcyclists and tourists visit Myrtle Beach for an event known as "Harley Weekend." A week later, over Memorial Day weekend, a similar number of African-American tourists attend Black Bike Week in the Myrtle Beach area. This is the only weekend each year when the majority of tourists in the area are African American.
The lawsuit asserts that the defendants did not allow customers to eat inside the restaurant and only offered inferior services outside the restaurant. Customers during Black Bike Week were not allowed to order items on the full national Friendly's menu and instead were only offered a limited selection of items cooked on an outdoor grill. As described in the lawsuit, defendants closed the ice cream window and refused to serve the restaurant's national recognized ice cream products.
During Harley Week, the same Friendly's restaurant location was open for business. Defendants allowed customers to eat inside the restaurant and the full national Friendly's menu was available. The defendants sold their famous ice cream and operated the outside ice cream window. For the Full story Go here:
IF we truly mean what we say when we say Ride Free, then it is incumbent upon us all to insure that no rights of any American are violated.....Ride Free rcAdd to Technorati Favorites
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