April 20th 2023.
Byron Allen is a powerful advocate for our community, and has not been afraid to take a stand against corporate giants like McDonald’s. On Wednesday, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Allen Media Group, took out an ad in The Chicago Tribune to directly address the racist discrimination faced by Black franchisees, former executives, employees, and former head of global security at McDonald’s. Allen called on new stakeholder Carl Icahn to help fight against the company’s racism and documented instances of hostile and unfair treatment of Black people. Allen also mentioned a lawsuit which alleges that McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski sent texts blaming the deaths of two Black and Latinx children on their own parents, and reprimanded the former Black head of security for contradicting him in a public forum.
“It is time for America, and particularly Black America, to hold McDonald’s CEO Kempczinski and their Board of Directors accountable for the racism perpetrated against Black people,” said Allen to theGrio. In 2021, two of Allen’s companies sued the chain for $10 billion for racial discrimination, including the fact that only $5 million of the $1.6 billion McDonald’s spent for television advertising in the U.S. was allocated to Black-owned media companies. “Carl, I invite you to join us and other investors and civil rights leaders in taking a stand against McDonald’s racism,” Allen said in the ad. “Your efforts to protect animal rights are commendable, and I urge you to join us in the fight against systemic racism by McDonald’s.”
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