SF News Muslim Ex-SFPD Officer Gets $455,000 In Discrimination Settlement An Afghan-born former SF police officer who allegedly endured more than a year of racial slurs, and says he was fired for speaking up about it, has been awarded a $455,000 settlement from the city.
SF News United Airlines Flight Attendants Allege Racism on L.A. Dodgers Charter Flights Two veteran flight attendants, both women of color, are suing United Airlines, saying they were demoted off of working L.A. Dodgers team charter flights because the airline prefers “white, young, thin women” for that assignment.
SF News Black Marin County Couple Lowballed by $500K In Home Appraisal Featured In New Documentary The new documentary “Our America: Lowballed” details how Black and Latinx families get far lower appraisals on their homes, and one of the families featured is a notorious case from Marin County.
Business & Tech Alphabet Hit With Racial Discrimination Lawsuit By Former Diversity Recruiter for Google A former Google employee who was tasked with hiring more Black people to the company, and who was herself fired in 2020, has filed suit against Google/Alphabet claiming she was retaliated against for calling out discriminatory practices at the company.
Business & Tech State Agency Sues Tesla Over ‘Racially Segregated Workplace’ Where Racial Slurs Are Thrown Around Commonly A California employment agency brought a pretty disturbing lawsuit against Tesla Thursday, alleging not just racial segregation at the Fremont plant, but a workplace where racial slurs were commonly scrawled on walls and spoken out loud by management.
Business & Tech Facebook (Finally) Removes Racial Ad Targeting After four years of scandals over targeting users by race — including a white users only option — Facebook has very quietly removed the racial targeting option for advertisements.
SF News Federal Judge: SFPD Shows 'Substantial Evidence Of Racially Selective Enforcement' An SFPD drug sting operation that resulted in the arrests of 37 people, all of whom are African American, shows "substantial evidence" of racially biased law enforcement according to a federal judge. The
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Wine Train Lawyers Fight Back In Lawsuit Over Racial Discrimination Lawyers for the (now) notorious Napa Valley Wine Train are attempting to dismiss elements of the lawsuit brought against them by 11 one-time passengers. The lawyers assert that the $11 million dollar racial-discrimination
SF News Nextdoor Knows It Has A Racial Profiling Problem, CEO Promises Changes The neighborhood-focused social media company Nextdoor has enjoyed tremendous growth since its 2011 San Francisco launch. The company, which differentiates itself from competitors by limiting its online groups to those who live within
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Study Finds Segregation Still Prevalent Among California Restaurant Workers A newly released study of the California restaurant industry documents pervasive racial and gender segregation among restaurant employee positions, and the profound impact this has on the people who cook and serve our
SF News Black Man Asks Woman For Phone Number In Oakland, She Posts Flyer About It And Calls Cops Gentrification 3.0 in the city of Oakland..Weak 'game' will get flyers posted and the police looking for u pic.twitter.com/WzgktEnFqt— Davey D (@mrdaveyd) October 19, 2015 What's going on
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Women Kicked Off Wine Train Will Seek $11 Million In Damages The East Bay women's book club who were unceremoniously removed from the Napa Valley Wine Train on Saturday, August 22 after allegedly being too loud and disruptive for other guests are now officially
