[lbo-talk] Fwd: Racist Bank of America

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Jul 29 13:28:00 PDT 2003


Tom Roche wrote:


> > Did you know that in North Carolina and a few other states, it's
>> legal for banks to charge certain customers special fees, even if
>> it's clear that these fees are racially discriminatory?

And how about this for legal discrim? Hertz charges people with Bronx or Brooklyn addresses on their NYS drivers licences twice as much as people with Manhattan addreses. They defend this by citing accident and theft records.

Doug



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