In what I can only call a massive self-own by former McDonalds franchise owners, a lawsuit against McDonalds for discrimination does everything it can to verify stereotypes of black neighborhoods.
In the mid-1980s, Charles Griffis, a Los-Angeles-based, Black McDonald's franchise owner made national headlines, when he sued McDonald's claiming that the fast food giant systematically kept Black people from buying stores in white neighborhoods (via The New York Times).
achieve the same level of economic success as their peers,"
OK then. So stores in "non-white" neighborhoods were less successful financially. So fast forward to 2020:
Specifically, the 51-page lawsuit brought against McDonald's argues that, based on the color of the plaintiffs' skin, the company "steered" them with "misleading financial information" and otherwise pressured them into purchasing "older and underperforming store locations" in "depressed, crime-ridden neighborhoods" that often "had been routinely rejected by white franchisees."So stores that white franchisees rejected, presumably in white neighborhoods, like the 1980's suit, were economically "depressed" and "crime ridden". So these black franchisees didn't want to do business in bad communities any more than white franchisees wanted to. Black Burgers Matter man!
. In fact, their average annual sales were $700,000 less than the McDonald's reported national franchise average.So apparently, "depressed" and "crime-ridden" places are economic sink holes. I have been told that it's racism and white supremacy . The people have money, The Man just keeps them from spending it. No, sorry, The Man has a super power that makes non-white (per original suit) people commit crimes at a rate that makes where they live "crime ridden".
I dunno. Maybe McDonalds should get some Koreans to open up shops. They seem to be willing to open up shop in every 'hood.
