Racial profiling in financial institutions happens often, but most people rarely report it or file lawsuits because such cases are difficult to prove, lawyers say.
A 911 call, a racial slur, a refusal to cash a check. This is what it's like for some Black bank customersBy Faith Karimi, CNNChat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.
Paul McCowns walked into an Ohio bank clutching his first paycheck from a new job at an electric company. But instead of cashing the check worth about $1,000, the teller called 911. As he walked out of the Huntington Bank branch in Brooklyn empty-handed, an officer waiting outside handcuffed him and put him in the back of a police cruiser. "I have a customer here -- he's not our customer, actually. He's trying to cash a check and the check is fraudulent. It does not match our records," a bank employee says on a recording of the 911 call obtained by CNN.For many African Americans, what happened to McCowns in December 2018 is a common experience.
Benndrick Watson "When you go to the bank, your guard is down. You don't expect to be called a racist word," Watson said."I was a customer in this bank. I had been to this bank. It physically hurt."Watson said he wants to bring awareness to his case with the hope that it'll help banks improve their relationships with Black small business owners. Shortly after the incident, his attorney Rodal reached out to the bank on behalf of his client.
"As a company based in Minneapolis, we asked questions at the time about how we could help enact changes to the systemic inequities, socially and financially, that have contributed to what was a recurring tragedy," US Bank Chief Diversity Officer Greg Cunningham said. He urged large companies and their leaders to develop meaningful relationships with Black-owned businesses and actively denounce systemic racism.
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