Book club members,who said they were kicked off the Napa Valley Wine Train in California for ‘laughing while black’, agreed to a confidential settlementMembers of a book club who said they were kicked off the Napa Valley Wine Train in California for laughing while black” hold agreed to a confidential financial settlement with the train company.
The 11 women – 10 black and one white – had sued for $11m for racial discrimination after they were kicked off the train because of their “offensive laughter”. Their expulsion from the train, and last August,sparked widespread nettle on social media with the hashtag #LaughingWhileBlack trending across the country.
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Source: theguardian.com