Cracker Barrel faces more racial bias charges.Cracker Barrel This article is about the restaurant-and-store chain. For the unrelated company marketing cheeses bearing the "Cracker Barrel" trademark, see Kraft Foods. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. is under fire again with allegations of racial discrimination. Twenty-three African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. , who visited restaurants in Bryant and North Little Rock, Arkansas North Little Rock is a city located in central Arkansas across the Arkansas River from Little Rock in Pulaski County. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 58,833 ranking it as the sixth most populous city in the state. , have filed a lawsuit against the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. The plaintiffs allege they received poor service compared to white customers. This isn't the first time the Lebanon, Texas-based restaurant chain has faced charges of racism. A federal judge denied a class action status on Oct. 1, 2002, to a discrimination lawsuit filed in Georgia. The lawsuit, which was filed by 42 African American plaintiffs, including the NAACP NAACP in full National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Oldest and largest U.S. civil rights organization. It was founded in 1909 to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality for African Americans; W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. , charges Cracker Barrel with discrimination that included denying services and seating customers in segregated sections. Two other unsuccessful lawsuits were filed n January 1999 and July 1999, the first alleging that black workers were paid less than white workers and the second alleging black workers generally received lower-end jobs as cooks and dishwashers. |
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