6 TOP Brands Involved in Racial Scandals: Papa John’s, Uber + 4 More
John Schnatter, Papa John’s outspoken chairman has resigned after using a racial slur (n-word), Bloomberg reports.
Check out this and five more cases were brands gave racially inappropriate comments.
Papa John’s founder resigns as he used n-word
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The founder and chairman and Pizza chain Papa John’s has resigned right after he apologized for using a racial slur (n-word) during a conference call in May.
“Papa John’s condemns racism and any insensitive language, no matter the situation or setting … We take great pride in the diversity of the Papa John’s family, though diversity and inclusion is an area we will continue to strive to do better,” the company stated.
Also, John Schnatter resigned as CEO last year, after stating that the football players kneeling during the national anthem to blame for the slowing sales growth.
Uber HR chief resigns in racism scandal
Source: People Matters
Uber’s Chief People Officer Liane Hornsey has resigned after an investigation proved that she regularly ignored racial discrimination complaints.
The anonymous group of Uber workers stated that Hornsey used racially discriminatory language and made negative comments about Uber Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion Bernard Coleman and offended former Uber executive Bozoma Saint John.
Here's the email Uber CEO @dkhos sent to staff tonight about the departure of Liane Hornsey, head of HR, who was with Uber through much of its crisis post-Susan Fowler's blog post about harassment & discrimination at Uber pic.twitter.com/ZJtUVcwVIh
— Caroline O'Donovan (@ceodonovan) July 11, 2018
General Electric
In 2016, 60 African American workers filed suit against General Electric for racial slurs. The suit alleged that one of the managers called discriminate colleagues by calling them N-word, “monkey,” and “lazy blacks.”
Also, he refused to allow black workers to go on the bathroom breaks and didn’t provide medical attention. Moreover, he fired black workers because of their race
Heineken racist advert
Heineken’s new commercial for its light beer was removed after it received some complaints that it was racist. You can check out more worst advertising fails here.
Chance the Rapper was the first one to draw attention to this ‘terribly racist’ and considered the advert was intentionally provocative to stir conversation and get more views.
I think some companies are purposely putting out noticably racist ads so they can get more views. And that shit racist/bogus so I guess I shouldn’t help by posting about it. But 😂 I gotta just say tho. The “sometimes lighter is better” Hienekin commercial is terribly racist omg
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) March 26, 2018
Here’s the advertisement itself:
Is this new Heineken advert racist?
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Reply!!!👇🏾👇🏾 #CoolPolls pic.twitter.com/qG1O8IU2u2— Cool FM Nigeria 96.9 (@CoolFMNigeria) March 27, 2018
ABC’s “Roseanne”
Source: ABC
ABC’s top TV show “Roseanne” was recently canceled following racist comments from Roseanne Barr, but that’s not the only show that has been closed due to controversy.
In a now-deleted tweet, Barr compared Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama’s former advisor, to an ape. Barr apologized “for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks,” but the damage was already done.
In a statement, ABC President Channing Dungey called Barr’s statement “abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values,” which led to the cancellation.
Starbucks launched racial-bias training
Starbucks says it will close its 8,000 company-owned stores in the United States for one afternoon on May 29 to educate employees about racial bias.
The special training will be provided to about 175,000 company’s workers. Such a decision is a reaction to the latest incident – the arrest of two black men who were waiting for a friend at a Philadelphia Starbucks without making an order last week. The store manager called the police.
@Starbucks The police were called because these men hadn’t ordered anything. They were waiting for a friend to show up, who did as they were taken out in handcuffs for doing nothing. All the other white ppl are wondering why it’s never happened to us when we do the same thing. pic.twitter.com/0U4Pzs55Ci
— Melissa DePino (@missydepino) April 12, 2018
After the incident upset many customers, Starbucks issued a three-sentence apology on social media, which received even more backlash.
We apologize to the two individuals and our customers for what took place at our Philadelphia store on Thursday. pic.twitter.com/suUsytXHks
— Starbucks Coffee (@Starbucks) April 14, 2018
Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson had a personal meeting with the two men on Monday and apologized for how they were treated. The company says the manager who called the police is no longer working at that store.
“I’ve spent the last few days in Philadelphia with my leadership team listening to the community, learning what we did wrong and the steps we need to take to fix it,” Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson said in a statement.
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