Manhattan Apple Store Accused of Discriminating Against Black Men

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When Brian Johnson and Nile Charles visited Manhattan's Upper West Side Apple Store last December, they were looking for some cutting edge gadgets and gizmos. What they got, they allege in a lawsuit, was some cutting edge racism.

Johnson, 34, and Charles, 25, claim a middle-aged white Apple employee booted them out of the store because they're black. According to their lawsuit, the employee confronted them when they entered the store, walking up to them in an "intimidating fashion" and saying, "You know the deal. You know the deal."

The "deal" wasn't a free iPod nano with their purchase: The employee said they weren't welcome in the store. "And before you say I'm racially discriminating against you, let me stop you. I am discriminating against you," he allegedly said. "I don't want 'your kind' hanging out in the store.'" Then another employee came up and told them "Now you have to go... if you want to know why it's because I said so. CONSIDER ME GOD." This isn't so much racist as bat**** insane.

Are Apple Store employees perpetrating a high tech Jim Crow? And this comes just months after they got rid of the black MacBook!

http://gizmodo.com/580559...nating-against-black-men
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When Brian Johnson and Nile Charles visited Manhattan's Upper West Side Apple Store last December, they were looking for some cutting edge gadgets and gizmos. What they got, they allege in a lawsuit, was some cutting edge racism.

Johnson, 34, and Charles, 25, claim a middle-aged white Apple employee booted them out of the store because they're black. According to their lawsuit, the employee confronted them when they entered the store, walking up to them in an "intimidating fashion" and saying, "You know the deal. You know the deal."

The "deal" wasn't a free iPod nano with their purchase: The employee said they weren't welcome in the store. "And before you say I'm racially discriminating against you, let me stop you. I am discriminating against you," he allegedly said. "I don't want 'your kind' hanging out in the store.'" Then another employee came up and told them "Now you have to go... if you want to know why it's because I said so. CONSIDER ME GOD." This isn't so much racist as bat**** insane.

Are Apple Store employees perpetrating a high tech Jim Crow? And this comes just months after they got rid of the black MacBook!

http://gizmodo.com/580559...nating-against-black-men
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if this is true
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NYers wont let this slide.
 
the black macbook has been out of production for at least 2 yrs tho...

this story seems really outrageous, prolly cuz its so blatant. i know theres racism in nyc (like everywhere else in the world) but i would think it wouldn't be on that level cuz nyc is so diverse...
 
the black macbook has been out of production for at least 2 yrs tho...

this story seems really outrageous, prolly cuz its so blatant. i know theres racism in nyc (like everywhere else in the world) but i would think it wouldn't be on that level cuz nyc is so diverse...
 
comment from Gizmodo:

You can't expect employees at the Apple store to be PC.


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Anyways...story seems far-fetched. Why didn't the two men DEMAND to speak to a manager? If I'm being clearly mistreated, I'm gonna let someone know.
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