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  • This Is What Racism Looks Like in the Banking Industry

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    Jimmy Kennedy earned $13 million during his nine-year career as a player in the National Football League. He was the kind of person most banks would be happy to have as a client. But when Mr. Kennedy tried to become a “private client” at JPMorgan Chase, an elite designation that would earn him travel discounts, exclusive event invitations and better deals on loans, he kept getting the runaround. At first, he didn’t understand why. Then, last fall, he showed up at his local JPMorgan branch in Arizona, and an employee offered an explanation. “You’re bigger than the average person, period. And you’re also an ... (full story)

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RossEdwards
Dec 11, 2019 5:13am
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A corrupt and despicable system reflecting a despicable thread in much of US society and not just US but that of many other "civilised" nations.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal"
(Quote: US Declaration of Independence)

While we get excited daily about "False News" as a new internet phenomenon.
We should realise that its historically endemic even in the "Land of the Free"
Just a Thought.
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TooSlow
Dec 11, 2019 4:34pm
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Quoting foto
This article is what passes for Journalism in these years. An employee who is Black tells a customer what his personal opinion is and that Triggers an NY Times article. ...
That is your take? Mate, I sincerely feel sorry for you. Are you OK with the treatment of the customer and the bank employee?
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TooSlow
Dec 11, 2019 7:45am
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"All animals are equal. Some are just more equal than others." Welcome to the animal farm, Mate. Cheers!
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milicentfx
Dec 11, 2019 7:30am
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Hi Ross, out of curiosity, are you expat American? thanks
foto
Dec 11, 2019 8:09am
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This article is what passes for Journalism in these years. An employee who is Black tells a customer what his personal opinion is and that Triggers an NY Times article.
Click Bait.

That there are cultural differences is going to be always a line of demarcation. What matters is are people going to accept each other based upon what that person Truly is as a Human being.
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