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Activists have launched a 90-day protest at McDonald’s corporate headquarters in Chicago, demanding that the chain recognize and end the systematic racism they say has denied equal opportunities to Black franchisees.
McDonald’s announced Thursday a commitment to improve leadership diversity in the next five years, with executive compensation tied to achieving those goals.
A Black former MLB player and current McDonald’s franchisee is accusing the fast-food giant of racial discrimination and “deplorable treatment” as compared with white franchisees. Herb Washington, a track star at Michigan State who played for the Oakland A’s, has been a franchisee for 40 years. Since that time, Washington alleged that he’s been the victim of “predatory racially biased steering practices,” in which he’s been pushed to open stores in low-volume, predominantly Black neighborhoods.