//52 Black ex-franchisees file $1 billion racial-discrimination lawsuit against McDonald's

52 Black ex-franchisees file $1 billion racial-discrimination lawsuit against McDonald's

Black former franchisees of the McDonald’s corporation are suing the burger brand, claiming it racially discriminated against them for decades, according to reports by Business Insider and USA Today.Fifty two former franchisees, who collectively operated stores between 1988 and 2018, filed a complain Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleging they were steered to open establishments in “economically depressed”