Eleven Strong black women have reached a settlement with California wine train Company they sued for 11 million for racial discrimination after they were kicked off the train for being “Too loud” Members of the Sistahs on the Reading Edge Book Club came to a “amicable settlement” with the Napa Valley Wine Train company last Thursday, six months after filing a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Northern California. The 11 women, 10 of whom are African American, were ordered off the Vintage train in August 2016. After other passengers complained the group was too loud. The expulsion sparked widespread anger on social media. The controversy unfolded as the United States grapples with persistent issue of racism and discrimination following high profile police killings of unarmed black men over the couple of years, which triggered waves of protest and renewed civil rights movement banner of “Black Lives Matter”. I hope this open eyes and maybe “People” will learn to do things different!
